tertiary是什么意思

n. 第三纪；第三修道会会员；第三级教士

adj. 第三的；第三位的；三代的

中文词源

tertiary 第三的，第三位的

来自拉丁语 tertius,第三，来自 ter,三，词源同 three.

tertiary: tertiary: see third
tertiary (adj.): 1650s, "of the third order, rank, degree, etc.," from Latin tertiarius "of or pertaining to a third," from tertius "third, a third," from root of tres "three" (see three). The geological sense (with capital T-) of "era after the Mesozoic" (which formerly was called the Secondary) is attested from 1794, after Italian terziari, used in this sense 1760 by Italian geologist Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795).

1. third => tert- / terti- => tertiary.

2. He must have come to know those philosophers through secondary or tertiary sources.: 他一定是通过第二手或第三手资料了解那些哲学家的。

3. Large stack deposits are controlled by deeply dipping faults Tertiary age.: 巨大的堆型矿体受第三纪倾陡断层控制.

4. Tertiary treatment comprises a series of physicochemical steps.: 三级处理包括一系列物理化学处理步骤.

5. Aim To analyze Tertiary period sedimentary environment of Qaidamu saline lake.: 目的分析柴达木盆地第三纪盐湖的沉积环境.