leap year
英 [ˈliːp jɪə(r)]
美 [ˈliːp jɪr]
n. 闰年
牛津词典
noun
- 闰年
one year in every four years when February has 29 days instead of 28
柯林斯词典
- 闰年
Aleap yearis a year which has 366 days. The extra day is the 29th February. There is a leap year every four years.
英英释义
noun
- in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400
双语例句
- Each leap year we add that day onto the end of February.
每个闰年我们都要在二月底加上一天。 - This recurring appointment begins on a leap year. The first recurrence occurs the year after. Do you want your recurrence to occur in the start year?
此定期约会开始于闰年。第一个定期约会出现在第二年。是否希望定期约会出现在开始的那一年？ - A girl can propose at any time, not just on a leap year because when it's the right time it's the right time, Mrs Campbell said.
坎贝尔女士说：女孩可以随时求婚，不仅仅在闰年，因为合适的时机不容错过。 - Back then, Sextilis, the eighth month, had30 days, and Februarius, the second month, had29 days, except in each leap year when it had30 days.
这是语言惯性的早期实例之一。那时候，八月有30天；二月通常有29天，闰年有30天。 - Sending postcards was the craze back then, and leap year postcards depicted women usually unattractive older women holding guns to men's head in efforts to extract a promise of marriage.
在当时，邮寄明信片还很时尚，但闰年的明信片把女性，通常是没有姿色的老女人，描绘成拿枪顶着男人的脑袋逼婚的样子。 - It also introduces the concept of the leap year to students in an interesting way.
它也用有趣的方式，将闰年的概念介绍给学生。 - According to legend, St. Patrick said the yearning females could propose on this one day in February during the leap year.
根据传说，圣徒Patrick于是给渴望婚姻的女性一个机会，她们可以在闰年2月的29日向男士求婚。 - February 29th marks the leap year for all those who follow the Roman calendar, and on that day, the tradition since medieval times has allowed women the privilege to propose marriage to their desired patriarchal figure.
根据罗马历法，2月29日标志着四年一遇的闰年的到来。2.29的女性求爱日传统可以追溯到中世纪时期：女性可以使用专属特权向心仪已久的男子表白求婚。 - The leap year comes around once in four years.
闰年每四年来一次[每四年有一个闰年]。 - If you were born in a leap year, you may not get to celebrate your birthday every year.
如果你是润年出生，你有可能不会每年都庆祝到生日。