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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - This fourth year, in which February has twenty-nine days, is called leap year.
这个二月有29天的第四年被称为闰年。 - If it's not a leap year, how many days will there be in february?
如果不是闰年，二月份有多少天呢？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。