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]