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

• 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。
• And twenty-nine on each Leap Year.
  每个闰年二月有二十九天。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。