moon 音標拼音: [m'un]
n . 月亮,月球,月光
vi . 閑蕩
vt . 虛度
月亮,月球,月光閑蕩虛度
Moon n 1 :
the natural satellite of the Earth ; "
the average distance to the Moon is 384 ,
400 kilometers "; "
men first stepped on the moon in 1969 " [
synonym : {
Moon }, {
moon }]
2 :
any object resembling a moon ; "
he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light "; "
the clock had a moon that showed various phases "
3 :
the period between successive new moons (
29 .
531 days ) [
synonym :
{
lunar month }, {
moon }, {
lunation }, {
synodic month }]
4 :
the light of the Moon ; "
moonlight is the smuggler '
s enemy ";
"
the Moon was bright enough to read by " [
synonym : {
moonlight },
{
moonshine }, {
Moon }]
5 :
United States religious leader (
born in Korea )
who founded the Unification Church in 1954 ;
was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (
born in 1920 ) [
synonym : {
Moon }, {
Sun Myung Moon }]
6 :
any natural satellite of a planet ; "
Jupiter has sixteen moons "
v 1 :
have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake ; "
She looked out the window ,
daydreaming " [
synonym : {
daydream },
{
moon }]
2 :
be idle in a listless or dreamy way [
synonym : {
moon }, {
moon around }, {
moon on }]
3 :
expose one '
s buttocks to ; "
moon the audience "
Moon \
Moon \ (
m [=
oo ]
n ),
n . [
OE .
mone ,
AS .
m [=
o ]
na ;
akin to D .
maan ,
OS . &
OHG .
m [=
a ]
no ,
G .
mond ,
Icel .
m [=
a ]
ni ,
Dan .
maane ,
Sw .
m [*
a ]
ne ,
Goth .
m [=
e ]
na ,
Lith .
men [*
u ],
L .
mensis month ,
Gr .
mh `
nh moon ,
mh `
n month ,
Skr .
m [=
a ]
s moon ,
month ;
prob .
from a root meaning to measure (
cf .
Skr .
m [=
a ]
to measure ),
from its serving to measure the time . [
root ]
271 .
Cf . {
Mete }
to measure , {
Menses }, {
Monday }, {
Month }.]
1 .
The celestial orb which revolves round the earth ;
the satellite of the earth ;
a secondary planet ,
whose light ,
borrowed from the sun ,
is reflected to the earth ,
and serves to dispel the darkness of night .
The diameter of the moon is 2 ,
160 miles ,
its mean distance from the earth is 240 ,
000 miles ,
and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth .
See {
Lunar month },
under {
Month }.
[
1913 Webster ]
The crescent moon ,
the diadem of night . --
Cowper .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A secondary planet ,
or satellite ,
revolving about any member of the solar system ;
as ,
the moons of Jupiter or Saturn .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit ;
a month ;
as ,
it '
s been many moons since I last visited Washington . --
Shak .
[
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4 . (
Fort .)
A crescentlike outwork .
See {
Half -
moon }.
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
The deliberately exposed naked buttocks . [
slang ]
[
PJC ]
{
Moon blindness }.
(
a ) (
Far .)
A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at intervals of three or four weeks .
(
b ) (
Med .)
Hemeralopia .
{
Moon dial },
a dial used to indicate time by moonlight .
{
Moon face },
a round face like a full moon .
{
Moon madness },
lunacy . [
Poetic ]
{
Moon month },
a lunar month .
{
Moon trefoil } (
Bot .),
a shrubby species of medic ({
Medicago arborea }).
See {
Medic }.
{
Moon year },
a lunar year ,
consisting of lunar months ,
being sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen .
{
blue moon },
see {
blue moon }
in the vocabulary .
{
many moons },
a long time .
[
1913 Webster ]
Moon \
Moon \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Mooned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Mooning }.]
1 .
To expose to the rays of the moon .
[
1913 Webster ]
If they have it to be exceeding white indeed ,
they seethe it yet once more ,
after it hath been thus sunned and mooned . --
Holland .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To expose one '
s naked buttocks to (
a person ); --
a vulgar sign of contempt or disrespect ,
sometimes done as a prank .
[
PJC ]
Moon \
Moon \,
v .
i .
To act if moonstruck ;
to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner .
[
1913 Webster ]
Elsley was mooning down the river by himself . --
C .
Kingsley .
[
1913 Webster ]
144 Moby Thesaurus words for "
moon ":
April showers ,
Artemis ,
Ashtoreth ,
Astarte ,
Cynthia ,
Diana ,
Hecate ,
Hekate ,
Luna ,
Phoebe ,
Proteus ,
Selene ,
abundant year ,
academic year ,
annum ,
artificial satellite ,
be absent ,
bissextile year ,
bum around ,
calendar month ,
calendar year ,
candle ,
century ,
chameleon ,
cloud shapes ,
common year ,
crescent ,
crescent moon ,
day ,
daydream ,
decade ,
decennary ,
decennium ,
decrescent ,
decrescent moon ,
defective year ,
demilune ,
divagate ,
do nothing ,
dream ,
electric light bulb ,
fantasy ,
fire ,
fiscal year ,
flame ,
fortnight ,
full moon ,
gibbous moon ,
glim ,
go woolgathering ,
goof off ,
half -
moon ,
hang around ,
harvest moon ,
hour ,
idle ,
illuminant ,
illuminator ,
incandescent body ,
increscent ,
increscent moon ,
kaleidoscope ,
lamp ,
lantern ,
laze ,
lazy ,
leap year ,
lie around ,
light ,
light bulb ,
light source ,
loaf ,
loiter about ,
loll around ,
lollop around ,
lounge ,
lounge around ,
luminant ,
luminary ,
lunar month ,
lunar year ,
lunation ,
luster ,
lustrum ,
man -
hour ,
match ,
mercury ,
microsecond ,
millennium ,
millisecond ,
minute ,
moment ,
month ,
mooch around ,
moon around ,
muse ,
new moon ,
orb of night ,
pipe -
dream ,
quarter ,
queen of heaven ,
queen of night ,
quicksilver ,
quinquennium ,
regular year ,
rolling stone ,
satellite ,
second ,
semester ,
session ,
shifting sands ,
sidereal year ,
silvery moon ,
sit around ,
slouch ,
slouch around ,
solar year ,
source of light ,
stand around ,
stargaze ,
stars ,
stray ,
sun ,
taper ,
term ,
the wandering Moon ,
the weather ,
torch ,
trimester ,
twelvemonth ,
wander ,
waning crescent moon ,
waning moon ,
water ,
waxing crescent moon ,
waxing moon ,
weather vane ,
weathercock ,
week ,
weekday ,
wet moon ,
wheel of fortune ,
whirligig ,
year Moon heb .
yareah ,
from its paleness (
Ezra 6 :
15 ),
and lebanah ,
the "
white " (
Cant .
6 :
10 ;
Isa .
24 :
23 ),
was appointed by the Creator to be with the sun "
for signs ,
and for seasons ,
and for days ,
and years " (
Gen .
1 :
14 -
16 ).
A lunation was among the Jews the period of a month ,
and several of their festivals were held on the day of the new moon .
It is frequently referred to along with the sun (
Josh .
10 :
12 ;
Ps .
72 :
5 ,
7 ,
17 ;
89 :
36 ,
37 ;
Eccl .
12 :
2 ;
Isa .
24 :
23 ,
etc .),
and also by itself (
Ps .
8 :
3 ;
121 :
6 ).
The great brilliance of the moon in Eastern countries led to its being early an object of idolatrous worship (
Deut .
4 :
19 ;
17 :
3 ;
Job 31 :
26 ),
a form of idolatry against which the Jews were warned (
Deut .
4 :
19 ;
17 :
3 ).
They ,
however ,
fell into this idolatry ,
and offered incense (
2 Kings 23 :
5 ;
Jer .
8 :
2 ),
and also cakes of honey ,
to the moon (
Jer .
7 :
18 ;
44 :
17 -
19 ,
25 ).
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