leap year

Word family nounleaperleapfrogleap yearverbleap

Related topics: Chronology

ˈleap year noun [countableC]

TMCa year, which happens every fourth year, when February has 29 days instead of 28 闰年

Examples from the Corpus

leap year• This is a leap year, so use that extra day to plan some great outings.• Knock! jokes are okay in small doses - like one every second leap year.• The leap year proposal ceremony was conducted near the player's entrance by Ayresome Park disc jockey Mark Page.

Origin leap year

(1300-1400) Perhaps because a date in such a year "jumps" one day ahead of the day on which it would otherwise have fallen

单词	leap year
释义	leap year Word family nounleaperleapfrogleap yearverbleap Related topics: Chronology ˈleap year noun [countableC] TMCa year, which happens every fourth year, when February has 29 days instead of 28 闰年 Examples from the Corpus leap year• This is a leap year, so use that extra day to plan some great outings.• Knock! jokes are okay in small doses - like one every second leap year.• The leap year proposal ceremony was conducted near the player's entrance by Ayresome Park disc jockey Mark Page. Origin leap year (1300-1400) Perhaps because a date in such a year "jumps" one day ahead of the day on which it would otherwise have fallen
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