equinox
美音:
[´i:kwə´nɔks
]英音:
[´i:kwə´nɔks
]n.昼夜平分点,春分或秋分
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equinox为短语/超纲词汇
词根
noct,nox=night(夜晚)
equinox
/'i:kwɪnɒks, also'ek-; `ikwə,nɑks, ɛk-/
n either of the two times in the year (around
21 March and
22 September) when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are of equal length 春分; 秋分
*spring/vernal equinox 春分
* autumnal equinox 秋分. Cf 参看 solstice.
equinox
n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: équinoxe, from Latin aequinoctium, from aequi- ( EQUI-) + nox 'night']
one of the two times in a year when night and day are of equal length
the spring equinox