1 N-SING [oft full/new N] 月亮;月球 The moon is the object that you can often see in the sky at night. It goes round the Earth once every four weeks, and as it does so its appearance changes from a circle to part of a circle. 月亮;月球
3 N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN] 卫星 A moon is an object similar to a small planet that travels around a planet. 卫星
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...Neptune's large moon.
海王星的大卫星
SYN satellite
4 VERB [usually cont] 虚度光阴;懒散度日;闲逛 If you are mooning around, you are spending time doing nothing in particular, for example because you feel unhappy or lazy, or are worried about something. 虚度光阴;懒散度日;闲逛
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Lettie was mooning around all morning, doing nothing. [VERB adv./prep.]
莱蒂混了一上午,什么也没干。
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My working days were spent mooning round his department, trying to sneak a chance encounter. [VERB adv./prep.]
上班时我在他的部门转来转去,暗中寻找巧遇他的机会。
SYN idle, drift, loaf, languish
5 VERB 对…露出光屁股 If you moon at someone, you turn your back to them and show them your bare bottom. 对…露出光屁股 [British, informal]
6 PHRASE 千载难逢;百年不遇 If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all. 千载难逢;百年不遇 [emphasis]
7 PHRASE 非常高兴;乐翻了天;狂喜 If you say that you are over the moon, you mean that you are very pleased about something. 非常高兴;乐翻了天;狂喜 [British, informal]
SYN ecstatic, transported, delighted, thrilled
Quotations
Swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
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