Tethys

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈtɛθɪs/|/ˈtiːθɪs/   

英文释义

专有名词
  1. Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids. Greek
  2. A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
    — Much of the Tethys was shallow and warm during the Mesozoic, and full of life, a marine paradise of sorts: ammonites and sharks thrived, and are now preserved as fossils that date the rocks.
  3. A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.; The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
  4. A moon of Saturn.

词汇关系

衍生词
Alpine Tethys Eastern Tethys Neotethys Neo-Tethys Paleotethys Paleo-Tethys Palaeotethys Palaeo-Tethys Paratethys Para-Tethys Prototethys Proto-Tethys Tethyan Western Tethys

词源

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús)bor.
English Tethys
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).
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