Riphaean
形容词 adj.
专有名词
英 /ˈɹɪfɪən/|/ˈɹʌɪfɪən/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Designating a range of mountains once thought to be located in northern Europe, later considered mythological or identified with the Urals.
— The substance, whereof she the body made, / Was purest snow in massy mould congeald, / Which she had gathered in a shady glade / Of the Riphœan hills […]
专有名词
- An age from 1650 to 650 million years ago, a subdivision of the Proterozoic.
词源
词源 1
From Latin Rīphaeus + -an. Compare Rhipaean.
词源 2
From Latin Rīphaeus + -an. Compare Rhipaean.
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