1Relating to or denoting an interglacial period of the Pleistocene in Britain, following the Anglian glaciation and identified with the Holsteinian of northern Europe.
〔地质〕霍克斯尼间冰期的（英国更新世的间冰期之一，相当于北欧的好斯敦间冰期）
Example sentencesExamples
This also supports the Hoxnian dating attribution derived from the vole clock.
He regarded the patella beach (the one featured in the photos) to be Hoxnian in age.
After the Hoxnian interglacial there followed a complex series of glacial/interglacial events during which, in some warm periods, Britain may well have become an island.
From the Hoxnian interglacial with its rich sites, each subsequent interglacial indicates a lesser human presence.
The Anglian glaciation was followed, about 400,000 years ago, by a warm stage traditionally called the Hoxnian interglacial.
1.1as noun the HoxnianThe Hoxnian interglacial or the system of deposits laid down during it.
霍克斯尼间冰期（或沉积）
Origin
1950s: from Hoxne, the name of a village in Suffolk, + -ian.