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

• 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。
• 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？
• Thirty days hath september, april, june, and november; all the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, and that has twenty-eight days clear and twenty-nine in each leap year.
  三十天，是九月，四月六月十一月；剩下都是三十一，唯一例外是十月；二十八天是平年，二十九天是闰年。
• The year is Appel leap year if there are13 months in the year.
  如果某一年有13个月，这一年就叫做闰年。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。