| 单词 |
archæo- |
| 释义 |
archæo-|ˌɑːkiːəʊ-| ad. Gr. ἀρχαιο- comb. form of ἀρχαῖος ancient, primitive (f. ἀρχή beginning). Formerly, and still occas., spelt archaio-. In compounds and derivatives, as archæology; also: archæo-geˈology, the geology of ancient periods of the earth's history. archæoˈlithic a. [λίθος stone], of or pertaining to the most ancient stone implements used by prehistoric man. archæoˈstomatous a. [στόµα mouth], having the primitive orifice of invagination of the wall of the embryo persistent as a mouth. archæoˈzoic a. [ζωή life], pertaining to the era of the earliest living beings on our planet.
1877Shields Final Philos. 143 Archæo-geology..has ventured still further backward through the past organic epochs. 1865Lubbock Preh. Times 60 The period of the drift, which I have proposed to call the archæolithic period. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. xii. 684 The limits within which the archæostomatous condition prevails. 1872Dana Corals App. I. 373 The era..styled the Archeozoic. |

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