单词 | calendar year |
释义 | > as lemmascalendar year calendar year n. a period of twelve months, esp. the period of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) starting from the first of January (as distinguished from such a period starting at another date, e.g. academic year, financial year; cf. year n. 3c). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > reckoned in a specific way yearOE year1597 calendar year1689 1689 Gloria Britannica (title page) With every man's pay, from a captain to a cabin-boy; truly calculated and cast up, for a day, a week, a month, and a kalendar year, or 13 months and 1 day. 1749 M. Mendez Chaplet i. i. 4 I have lik'd you a Twelve-month, a Calendar Year. 1753 Parl. Hist. Eng. X. 155 Thus ends the Calendar Year of 1641. 1809 Amer. Reg. 5 81/1 The annual consumption of imported salt for each of the calendar years 1802—1807. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 155/1 These early collections of prayers generally contained also compositions from the hand of the compiler, and minor additions, such as ethical tracts, almanacs, &c., and were called Siddurim (Orders, Rituals), embracing the whole calendar year, week-days and new moons, fast and festivals. 1959 Boys' Life Apr. 56/2 Proof Coins are struck only at the Philadelphia Mint, and during the calendar year signified by the date on the coin. 2006 Independent 10 Jan. 8/2 (caption) He ended 2005 with the best-selling album over a calendar year in UK chart history, shifting more than 2.3 million copies. < as lemmas |
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