February
/ˈfebrʊərɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
- the second month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of winter二月（在北半球通常被视为冬季的最后一个月）：
even in February the place is busy
甚至在2月份这个地方也很繁忙
the coldest February in 40 years.
40年来最冷的一个2月。
USAGE
Note that February is spelled with an r following the Feb-. Precise speakers insist that this r should be pronounced, but this is not easy, and most people replace the r following Feb- with a y sound: Feb-yoo- rather than Feb-roo-. This is now becoming the accepted standard.
词源
Middle English feverer, from Old French feverier, based on Latin februarius, from februa, the name of a purification feast held in this month. The spelling change in the 15th cent. was due to association with the Latin word.