moon
n
1 [sing]
(a) (usu 通常作 the moon) the natural body that moves round the earth once every 28 days and shines at night by light reflected from the sun 月球
explore the surface of the moon 探察月球的表面
[attrib 作定語]
a moon landing 登月.
(b) this body as it appears in the sky at a particular time 月亮
There's no moon tonight, ie No moon can be seen. 今天晚上沒有月亮.
a crescent moon 弦月
a new moon 新月 * a full moon 滿月.
2 [C] body that moves round a planet other than the earth (地球以外的)行星的衛星
How many moons does Jupiter have? 木星有多少衛星?
3 (idm 習語) many `moons ago a long time ago 很久以前
All that happened many moons ago. 那一切都發生在很久以前. once in a blue moon => once. over the `moon (infml 口) absolutely delighted; ecstatic 非常快樂; 狂喜
The whole team were over the moon at winning the competition. 全隊都為贏得這?quot;熱老踩艨? promise the earth/moon => promise2.
moon v
1 [I, Ip] ~ (about/around) (infml 口) wander about aimlessly or listlessly 閑逛; 無精打采地徘徊
Stop mooning and get on with some work! 別閑逛了, 干點正事吧!
She spent the whole summer mooning about at home. 她一夏天都在家中混日子.
2 (phr v) moon over sb (infml 口) spend one's time dreamily thinking about sb one loves 如夢如癡地想念所愛的人.
?? 擴展釋義
*[mu:n]n. 月亮, 月球, 月光vi. 閑蕩vt. 虛度相關詞組: bay the moon cry for the moon once in a blue moon promise sb the moon shoot the moon over the moon