单词 | leap year |
释义 | leap yearSEE SYNONYMS FOR leap year ON THESAURUS.COM noun(in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400. a year containing an extra day or extra month in any calendar. Compare common year. Origin of leap year1350–1400; Middle English lepe yere Words nearby leap yearleap in the dark, leapling, leap of faith, leap second, leapt, leap year, lear, lear board, Lear complex, lea-rig, learn Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for leap yearBritish Dictionary definitions for leap yearleap year nouna calendar year of 366 days, February 29 (leap day) being the additional day, that occurs every four years (those whose number is divisible by four) except for century years whose number is not divisible by 400. It offsets the difference between the length of the solar year (365.2422 days) and the calendar year of 365 days Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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