leap year

英 [ˈliːp jɪə(r)]

美 [ˈliːp jɪr]

n.  闰年

牛津词典

noun

• 闰年
  one year in every four years when February has 29 days instead of 28

柯林斯词典

• 闰年
  Aleap yearis a year which has 366 days. The extra day is the 29th February. There is a leap year every four years.

英英释义

noun

• in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400
  Synonym:intercalary year366 daysbissextile year

双语例句

• If it's not a leap year, how many days will there be in february?
  如果不是闰年，二月份有多少天呢？
• It also introduces the concept of the leap year to students in an interesting way.
  它也用有趣的方式，将闰年的概念介绍给学生。
• The year is Appel leap year if there are13 months in the year.
  如果某一年有13个月，这一年就叫做闰年。
• And regardless of the calendar days of2011, what lies ahead of you is indeed a leap year!
  不管2011年接下来的日程会怎样，你们现处的年份确实是跃变的一年！
• Then, he borrowed the idea of a seven-day week and leap year from the Hebrew calendar.
  接着，他借用了希伯来历法中一周七天和闰年的概念。
• According to legend, St. Patrick said the yearning females could propose on this one day in February during the leap year.
  根据传说，圣徒Patrick于是给渴望婚姻的女性一个机会，她们可以在闰年2月的29日向男士求婚。
• February 29th marks the leap year for all those who follow the Roman calendar, and on that day, the tradition since medieval times has allowed women the privilege to propose marriage to their desired patriarchal figure.
  根据罗马历法，2月29日标志着四年一遇的闰年的到来。2.29的女性求爱日传统可以追溯到中世纪时期：女性可以使用专属特权向心仪已久的男子表白求婚。
• Thirty days hath september, april, june, and november; all the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, and that has twenty-eight days clear and twenty-nine in each leap year.
  三十天，是九月，四月六月十一月；剩下都是三十一，唯一例外是十月；二十八天是平年，二十九天是闰年。
• I think we should do it at least twice in the space of each five-year plan, in the same way as the intercalary month in a lunar leap year turns up once in three years and twice in five.
  我看至少是象闰年、闰月一样，三年一闯，五年再闯，一个五年计划里头至少搞两次。
• Leap year is the year when February has29 days.
  二月里有29天的月份是闫年。