Holocene
/ˈhɒləsiːn/adjective
1- Geology of, relating to, or denoting the present epoch, which is the second epoch in the Quaternary period and followed the Pleistocene【地质】全新世的, 全新统的（第四纪的第二个纪元, 在更新世之后）。亦称RECENT.
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- as noun the Holocene the Holocene epoch or the system of deposits laid down during this time全新世, 全新统; 全新世沉积物体系。
The Holocene epoch has lasted from about 10,000 years ago to the present day. It covers the period since the ice retreated after the last glaciation and it is sometimes regarded as just another interglacial period.
词源
late 19th cent.: coined in French from HOLO- whole' + Greek kainos new'.