recent

recent
adjective
  1. having happened, begun, or been done not long ago or not long before; belonging to a past period of time comparatively close to the present
    最近的,新近的;近来的;近代的
    his recent visit to Britain.
    他近期对英国的访问。
    a recent edition of the newspaper.
    本报的最新版。
  2. (Recent)(Geology). another term for Holocene
    (地质)。 同 Holocene
noun
  1. (the Recent)(Geology)the Holocene epoch
    (地质)全新世;全新统
派生
recency
noun
recently
adverb
recentness
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'fresh'): from Latin recens, recent- or French récent
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