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单词 leap year
释义

leap year

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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 year

1350–1400; Middle English lepe yere

Words nearby leap year

leap in the dark, leapling, leap of faith, leap second, leapt, leap year, lear, lear board, Lear complex, lea-rig, learn
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British Dictionary definitions for leap year

leap year

noun

a 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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