| 单词 | moon |
| 释义 | Word Frequency moon(muːn) noun 1. (sometimes capital) the natural satellite of the earth. Diameter: 3476 km; mass: 7.35 × 1022 kg; mean distance from earth: 384 400 km; periods of rotation and revolution: 27.32 days ▶ Related adjective: lunar2. the face of the moon as it is seen during its revolution around the earth, esp at one of its phases new moon full moon 3. any natural satellite of a planet 4. moonlight; moonshine 5. something resembling a moon 6. a month, esp a lunar one 7. once in a blue moon 8. over the moon 9. reach for the moon verb 10. (when tr, often foll by away; when intr, often foll by around) to be idle in a listless way, as if in love, or to idle (time) away 11. (intransitive) slang to expose one's buttocks to passers-by Derived forms moonless (ˈmoonless) adjective Word origin Old English mōna; compare Old Frisian mōna, Old High German mānoWord Frequency Moon 1(muːn) noun a system of embossed alphabetical signs for blind readers, the fourteen basic characters of which can, by rotation, mimic most of the letters of the Roman alphabet, thereby making learning easier for those who learned to read before going blind Compare Braille1Word Frequency Moon 2(muːn) noun William. 1818–94, British inventor of the Moon writing system in 1847, who, himself blind, taught blind children in Brighton and printed mainly religious works from stereotyped plates of his own designing |
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