单词 | vernal equinox |
释义 | vernal equinox (once / 25148 pages) n WORD FAMILY vernal equinox: vernal equinoxes USAGE EXAMPLESFor us Iranians, the big festival of the year is Noruz, Iranian new year on the vernal equinox around 21 March. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox. New York Times(Aug 28, 2016) That was celebrated on the first full moon following the vernal equinox. BBC(Mar 25, 2016) 1n March 21 Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper March equinox, spring equinox September equinox, autumnal equinox, fall equinox September 22 Noruz, Nowrooz, Nowruz (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox equinox either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length 2n (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces Hyper equinoctial point, equinox (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
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