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
- I think we should do it at least twice in the space of each five-year plan, in the same way as the intercalary month in a lunar leap year turns up once in three years and twice in five.
我看至少是象闰年、闰月一样，三年一闯，五年再闯，一个五年计划里头至少搞两次。 - 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。 - There is a Greek superstition that claims couples have bad luck if they marry during a leap year.
希腊人有一种迷信说法是新人如果在闰年结婚会带来霉运。 - 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。 - Leap year is the year when February has29 days.
二月里有29天的月份是闫年。 - In her research, Parkin pored over references to leap year proposals in postcards, advertisements and newspaper columns dating back to 1904.
在她的研究中，帕金集中参考了1904年以来明信片、广告、新闻专栏中提到的女性闰年求婚。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。