| 单词 | lunar year |
| 释义 | lunar /looˈnər/adjective
A lunar distance ORIGIN: L lūna the moon, from lūcēre to shine lunāˈrian noun (archaic)
luˈnarist noun Someone who thinks the moon affects the weather lunˈarnaut or lunˈanaut noun An astronaut who travels or has travelled to the moon luˈnary noun
Lunar luˈnate or luˈnated adjective Crescent-shaped lunāˈtion noun A synodic month lune /loon or lūn/ noun
lunetteˈ noun
lunisōˈlar adjective Relating to the moon and sun jointly (lunisolar calendar and lunisolar year a calendar or year divided according to the changes of the moon, but made to agree in average length with the solar year) lunitīˈdal adjective Relating to the moon and its influence on the tide (lunitidal interval the time interval between the moon's transit and the next high tide at a particular place) luˈnūla noun
luˈnūlar adjective luˈnūlate or luˈnulated adjective
luˈnule noun
lunar caustic noun Fused crystals of silver nitrate, applied to ulcers, etc lunar cycle same as Metonic cycle (see Metonic). lunar distances plural noun A method of finding longitude by comparison of the observed angular distance of the moon from a star at a known local time, with the tabulated angular distance at a certain Greenwich time Lunar Excursion Module noun (sometimes without caps) a module for use in the last stage of the journey to land on the moon (abbrev LEM or lem) lunar month see under month lunar theory noun The a priori deduction of the moon's motions from the principles of gravitation lunar year see under year year /yēr or yûr/noun (pl years or, used adjectivally with a preceding numeral, year, eg a three-year period)
ORIGIN: OE gēar; Ger Jahr, ON ār, Gr hōrā season yearˈling noun
yearˈly adjective
A publication appearing, an event occurring, etc, once a year yearˈbook noun A book published annually, reviewing the events of the past year year-endˈ noun The end of the (esp financial) year (also adjective) yearˈlong adjective Lasting a year year-on-yearˈ adjective (economics) Of figures, set against figures for the equivalent period in the previous year yearˈ-round adjective Existing, lasting, open, etc throughout the year anomalistic year A year as measured by the earth's time of passage from perihelion to perihelion, ie 365 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, 49 seconds astronomical year A year as measured by the time between two occurrences of the same equinox or solstice, ie the time taken for one complete mean apparent circuit of the ecliptic by the sun, ie 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46 seconds (also called the equinoctial, natural, solar or tropical year) calendar year same as legal year below. canicular year The Sothic year (see under Sothic) civil year same as legal year below. ecclesiastical year The year as arranged in the ecclesiastical calendar, with the saints' days, festivals, etc embolismic year A year of thirteen lunar months (384 days) occurring in a lunisolar calendar such as that of the Jews equinoctial year see astronomical year above. financial year see under finance fiscal year see under fiscal great year see Platonic year below. Hebrew year A lunisolar year, of 12 or 13 months of 29 or 30 days (in every cycle of nineteen years the 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th having thirteen months instead of twelve) Julian year The year according to the Julian calendar (introduced by Julius Caesar, modified by Augustus; superseded by the Gregorian calendar), a period of 3651/4 days, longer than an astronomical year by about 11 minutes (see also style) leap year see above. legal year The year by which dates are reckoned (it has begun on different dates at different periods in history, and for six centuries before 1752 it began in England on 25 March since when (earlier in Scotland) it has begun on 1 January) lunar year A period of twelve lunar months or 354 days natural year see astronomical year above. Platonic year A cycle of years at the end of which the heavenly bodies were supposed to be again in the same place as at the Creation (also called great or perfect year) sabbatical year see under Sabbath sidereal year The period required by the sun to move from a given star to the same star again, having a mean value of 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.6 seconds solar or tropical year see astronomical year above. the year dot see under dot1 the Year of Grace, or of our Lord A formula used in stating any particular year since Christ's birth year in, year out
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