Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense moons, present participle mooning, past tense, past participle mooned
1N-SING [oft full/newN]月亮;月球The moon is the object that you can often see in the sky at night. It goes round the Earth once every four weeks, and as it does so its appearance changes from a circle to part of a circle. 月亮;月球
4VERB [usually cont]虚度光阴;懒散度日;闲逛 If you are mooning around, you are spending time doing nothing in particular, for example because you feel unhappy or lazy, or are worried about something. 虚度光阴;懒散度日;闲逛
Lettie was mooning around all morning, doing nothing. [VERB adv./prep.]
莱蒂混了一上午,什么也没干。
My working days were spent mooning round his department, trying to sneak a chance encounter. [VERB adv./prep.]
5VERB 对…露出光屁股 If you moon at someone, you turn your back to them and show them your bare bottom. 对…露出光屁股 [British, informal]
6PHRASE 千载难逢;百年不遇 If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all. 千载难逢;百年不遇 [emphasis]
Once in a blue moon you get some problems.
极少会碰到麻烦。
7PHRASE 非常高兴;乐翻了天;狂喜 If you say that you are over the moon, you mean that you are very pleased about something. 非常高兴;乐翻了天;狂喜 [British, informal]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOON | MOON + VERB | MOON + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bright明月◇A bright moon shone high overhead.一輪明月高懸在空中。➤pale黯淡的月亮➤large, small大大的/小小的月亮➤crescent, full, gibbous, half, harvest, new, quarter蛾眉月;滿月;凸月;半月;獲月;新月;弦月➤waning, waxing虧月;盈月➤rising上升的月亮➤icy冰衞星◇Saturn's icy moons土星的冰衞星VERB + MOON➤cover, hide遮住月亮◇A large black cloud covered the moon.一大片烏雲遮住了月亮。➤fly to, go to, land on, reach飛往月球;登陸月球;到達月球➤colonize移居月球➤explore探索月球➤orbit繞月飛行➤discover發現衞星◇Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter.伽利略發現了木星的衞星。MOON + VERB➤appear, come out, rise月亮出現/出來/升起➤glow, shine月亮發光/照耀➤illuminate sth, light sth, light up sth月亮照亮⋯➤set月亮落下◇The moon had almost set and the night was now dark.月亮快落下去了,此刻夜色正暗。➤wane, wax月虧;月盈➤hang, hover月亮懸掛/高懸◇The full moon hung high in the night sky.一輪滿月高懸夜空。➤orbit sth衞星繞⋯運行➤pass月亮通過◇During the eclipse, the moon passed between the sun and the Earth.日蝕的時候,月球通過太陽和地球之間。➤be reflected in sth, reflect off sth月亮映在⋯之中;月光從⋯反射回來◇The moon reflected perfectly off the surface of the water.月亮清清楚楚映在水面。➤cast sth月亮投射⋯◇The moon cast its soft glow on the earth below.月亮把柔和的光輝投向大地。MOON + NOUN➤landing月球登陸➤base月球基地◇The agency wants to establish a permanent moon base.該機構想要建立永久性月球基地。➤rocket登月火箭➤mission登月飛行◇an astronaut who was killed during the first moon mission在首次登月任務中遇難的宇航員➤cycle, phase月亮週期;月相◇The calendar gives you sunset times as well as moon phases.日曆上不僅有月相還有日落時間。➤god, goddess月神;月亮女神PREPOSITION➤on the moon在月球上◇the first man to walk on the moon在月球上行走的第一人➤under a/the moon在月光下◇The road shone frostily under the full moon.滿月的光輝灑下來,路面上好似鋪滿銀霜。PHRASES➤the light of the moon月光◇They had to work by the light of the moon.他們得藉着月光工作。➤the surface of the moon月球表面