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
  Synonym:intercalary year366 daysbissextile year

双语例句

• Leap year proposals are the exception that proves the rule.
  女性求婚是种例外恰恰证明了这一点。
• 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？
• 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。
• Then, he borrowed the idea of a seven-day week and leap year from the Hebrew calendar.
  接着，他借用了希伯来历法中一周七天和闰年的概念。
• And twenty-nine on each Leap Year.
  每个闰年二月有二十九天。
• Leap year recurs every four years, and in that year February has29 days.
  每四年闰年一次，而那一年中，二月有二十九天。
• 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]。
• Apparently one in five engaged couples in Greece will avoid planning their wedding during a leap year.
  在希腊，每五对订婚的情侣中就要一对会竭力避免在闰年举行婚礼。
• A similar time when women can initiate aggressive action is during the leap year, when February has29 days.
  另外一个与此相似德望日子，即女子可以采取主动的时间是闰年的2月29日。
• The start date of your recurring appointment is a leap month date. This occurrence of the recurring appointment will fall on the previous month in a non leap year.
  您的定期约会开始日期是闰月日期。在非闰年中，定期约会的这个事件将会发生在前一个月。