supercontinent

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past.
    — For a supercontinent to form requires a significant volume of continental crustal fragments that survive recycling into the mantle.
  2. A modern landmass composed of multiple continents, i.e. Afro-Eurasia or the Americas.

词形变化

supercontinents plural

词汇关系

衍生词
supercontinent cycle
相关词
Pangaea

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
English continent
English supercontinent
From super- + continent.
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