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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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Collins English-English Dictionary
- month [m^nθ]
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n
one of the twelve divisions (calendar months) of the calendar year
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n
lunation the period of time (lunar or synodic month) taken by the moon to make one complete revolution around the earth, measured between two successive new moons; 29.530 59 days (approximately 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 3 seconds)
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n
a period of time extending from one date to a corresponding date in the next calendar month
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n
a period of four weeks or of 30 days
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n
the period of time (tropical month) taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
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n
the period of time (sidereal month) taken by the moon to make one complete revolution around the earth, measured between two successive conjunctions with a distant star; 27.321 66 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11 seconds)
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[Etymology]
Old English m
o nath; related to Old High German ma no d, Old Norse ma nathr; compare Gothic mena moon
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one of the twelve divisions (calendar months) of the calendar year
Examples
- You can carry over all your unused minutes from one month to the next month.
- 你可以把未用的时间从一个月积攒到下一个月。
- the current month
- 本月 → current
- last month
- 上月 → last
- food to last (for) a month
- 够吃一个月的食物 → last
- the merry month of May
- 欢乐的五月 → merry
- the rate of pay per month
- 月工资 → rate
- She told the children to return the thirteenth of each month.
- 她让孩子们每个月的十三号回来。
- We still have one month to finish before the deadline.
- 在最后期限前我们还有一个月的时间。
- I took the HSK examination last month, but I'll have to wait till June to get the actual results.
- 上个月我参加了汉语水平考试，但得等到六月份才能有结果。 → actual
- Fortunately, the journalist abducted last month is still alive, but we don't have other information about it.
- 庆幸的是，上周被绑架的记者还活着，但除此之外，我们就一无所知了。 → alive
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