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- the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon（盈月或亏月的）月牙形, 新月形。
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- a representation of such a shape used as an emblem of Islam or of Turkey（用作伊斯兰教或土耳其标志的）新月形。
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the Crescent
chiefly historical the political power of Islam or of the Ottoman Empire〈主史〉伊斯兰（或奥斯曼帝国）政权。
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- a thing which has the shape of a single curve, especially one that is broad in the centre and tapers to a point at each end新月形物, 月牙形物：
a three-mile crescent of golden sand
三英里的新月形金色沙滩
in combination a crescent-shaped building月牙形建筑物。
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- usu. in names chiefly Brit. a street or terrace of houses forming an arc〈主英〉新月形的街道; 新月形的排屋：
we lived at Westway Crescent.
我们住在韦斯特韦新月形街。
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- Heraldry a charge in the form of a crescent, typically with the points upward (also a mark of cadency for a second son)【纹章】新月形纹章（尖端通常向上; 也作为家族次子的标志）。
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- a moth or butterfly which bears crescent-shaped markings on the wings, in particular新月斑; 翅蝶（或蛾）, 尤指：
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- an orange or brown American butterfly with a silvery mark on the underside of the hindwing (genus Phyciodes, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae).后翅下侧有银色斑纹的橙色或褐色美国蝴蝶（拟斑螟属, 狼蛱蝶亚科, 蛱蝶科）。
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- a brownish European moth with a pale mark on the forewing (several species in the family Noctuidae, in particular Celaena leucostigma).前翅有灰白花纹的带褐色的欧洲飞蛾, （夜蛾科数种, 尤指白斑蛮夜蛾拉丁名Celaena leucostigma）。
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- attrib. having the shape of a crescent新月形的, 月牙形的：
a crescent moon
一轮新月。
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- poetic/literary growing, increasing, or developing〈诗/文〉成长中的; 增加中的; 发展中的。
派生词
crescentic
/kreˈsentɪk/ adjective词源
late Middle English cressant, from Old French creissant, from Latin crescere 'grow'. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to the influence of the Latin.