The hiatus in sedimentation is filled in progressively from below.
沉积间断面是从下边逐渐填满的。
Such truncation is evidence of an erosional hiatus.
这种削蚀现象是侵蚀沉积间断的证据。
A hiatus is the total interval of geologic time.
一个沉积间断是地质时间的总间隔。
This hiatus in American science lasted about four years.
就美国科学界来说,这段停滞时期持续了四年左右。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ hi-he at us:他在我们中间就是一个败类,一个裂缝
※ hi-嗨,at-向,us-我们:他向我们嗨了一声,然后说,“小心裂缝啊”
📖 牛津释义
hiatus
n
1 gap in a series or sequence, making it incomplete; break in continuity 裂隙; 缺漏; 脱漏; 间断.
2 (linguistics 语言) break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable 元音分立, 母音分读(相邻两单元音分开, 不连成一音节)