moon
noun
verb
muːn
noun
1
the moon/the Moon
the
round
object
that
you
can
see
shining
in
the
sky
at
night,
and
that
moves
around
the
Earth
every
28
days
月亮，月球
The
Americans
landed
on
the
moon
in
1969.
美国人于 1969 年登上月球。
the
craters
on
the
surface
of
the
moon
月球表面的环形山
2
the
appearance
or
shape
of
the
moon
at
a
particular
time
〔特定时间出现的〕月亮
C usually singular 一般用单数
a
clear
night
with
a
bright
moon
一个皓月当空的清朗夜晚
a
thin
crescent
moon
一弯纤细的新月
It
was
raining
and
there
was
no
moon
(=the
moon
could
not
be
seen)
.
天下着雨，看不到月亮。
3
a
round
object
that
moves
around
a
PLANET
other
than
Earth
卫星
C
the
moons
of
Saturn
土星的卫星
4
ask for the moon cry for the moon
also
又作
to
ask
for
something
that
is
difficult
or
impossible
to
obtain
[英，非正式] 要求得到难以 （无法 ）得到的东西; 妄想，异想天开
BrE informal
There’s
no
point
in
crying
for
the
moon.
异想天开是没有用的。
5
over the moon
very
happy
非常高兴的
BrE informal
She’s
over
the
moon
about
her
new
job.
她对新工作非常满意。
6
many moons ago
a
long
time
ago
[文] 很久以前
literary
It
all
happened
many
moons
ago.
那都是很久以前的事了。
verb
7
to
bend
over
and
show
your
BUTTOCKS
as
a
joke
or
a
way
of
insulting
someone
[非正式] 〔开玩笑或侮辱性地〕（对着某人）躬身露出光屁股
8
to
spend
your
time
lazily,
moving
around
with
no
real
purpose
[英，非正式] 闲荡，闲混
I
wish
you’d
stop
mooning
about
and
do
something
useful!
我希望你别再闲混，去做点有用的事情！
9
to
spend
your
time
thinking
about
someone
that
you
are
in
love
with
[过时] 为〔爱恋的人〕出神，痴痴地想念〔所爱的人〕：
She
sits
mooning
over
his
photograph
for
hours.
她一坐好几个小时，对着他的照片出神。