lunar month

IPA/ˌluːnə ˈmʌnθ/
IPA/ˌluːnər ˈmʌnθ/

lunar month — 名詞

1. a moon-based month lasting about 29.5 days, counted from a new moon until the ne

1.名詞C1
釋義

陰曆月

兩次新月之間約29.5天

a moon-based month lasting about 29.5 days, counted from a new moon until the next new moon appears.

例句

Kabir marked each lunar month on the temple calendar with a red pen.

Kabir 用紅筆在寺廟月曆上標出每一個陰曆月。

mark each lunar month on a calendar

The baby ceremony was held one lunar month after Mina was born.

Mina 出生滿一個陰曆月後，家人替她辦了嬰兒儀式。

one lunar month after + event

同義詞
  • synodic month

    a more technical astronomy term for the same cycle

  • moon month

    an informal descriptive phrase rather than the standard term

反義詞
  • calendar month

    a month fixed by a civil calendar rather than by the moon

文法句型

a lunar month lasts + length

one lunar month after + event

count + each lunar month

用法筆記

Common in astronomy, traditional calendars, and festival timing. It refers to the moon's repeating cycle, so it is shorter than the fixed months used in most civil calendars.

常見錯誤

❌A lunar month has thirty-one days.
✅A lunar month lasts about twenty-nine and a half days.
💡it follows the moon's cycle, so it is shorter than most calendar months.