英语词汇“moon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

moonmoon1 /mun/ ●●● S2 W2 noun

ETYMOLOGYmoon¹

Origin: Old English mona

COLLOCATIONS► full moon

a full moon (=the moon appearing as a full circle)

1the moon (also the Moon) science, physics the round object that you can see shining in the sky at night, and that moves around the Earth every 28 days: craters on the surface of the Moon2[singular] science the appearance or shape of this object at a particular time: a clear night sky with a bright moon There’s no moon tonight (=you cannot see it). a full moon (=the moon appearing as a full circle) → see also half moon, new moon3[countable] science, physics a round object that moves around planets other than the Earth: the moons of Saturn4be asking for the moon informal to ask for something that is difficult or impossible to obtain: I don’t think the employees are asking for the moon.5many moons ago poetic or humorous a long time ago [Origin: Old English mona] → see also once in a blue moon at once1 (15), promise (somebody) the moon/world at promise1 (5)

noun | verb

moonmoon2 verb [intransitive, transitive] informal

VERB TABLE

moon

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	moon
	he, she, it	moons
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	mooned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have mooned
	he, she, it	has mooned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had mooned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will moon
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have mooned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am mooning
	he, she, it	is mooning
	you, we, they	are mooning
Past	I, he, she, it	was mooning
	you, we, they	were mooning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been mooning
	he, she, it	has been mooning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been mooning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be mooning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been mooning

to bend over and show someone your bare buttocks as a joke or as a way of insulting someonemoon over somebody/something phrasal verb old-fashioned to spend your time thinking and dreaming about someone or something that you love: As a boy, he used to sit mooning over Doris Day.