equinox是什么意思？

equinox

英[ˈi:kwɪnɒks] 美[ˈikwɪnɑks]

• n. 昼夜平分点，春分或秋分；

复数：equinoxes;

例句

• the vernal equinox 春分
• The Autumnal Equinox is the best time for wheat - sowing. 秋分种麦最相宜.
• The zero point is the Vernal Equinox, also called the point of Aries. 零点是春分点, 也叫做白羊座点.
• In the Chinese calendar, the Spring Equinox always occurs in the second month. 在中国历法中，春分总是出现在2月。
• ...the autumnal equinox. 秋分

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  二分时刻，昼夜平分日（指春分或秋分）
  An equinox is one of the two days in the year when day and night are of equal length.
  例句
  In the Chinese calendar, the Spring Equinox always occurs in the second month. 在中国历法中，春分总是出现在2月。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
  2. (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic