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moon



I.moon1 W3 /muːn/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: mona]
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:
the craters on the surface of the moon
The Americans landed on the Moon in 1969.
The moon appeared from behind a cloud.
The moon rose into the sky.
The moon was shining in the sky.
2. [countable usually singular] the appearance or shape of the moon at a particular time:
It was the night of the full moon.
a clear night with a bright moon
a thin crescent moon
3. [countable] a round object that moves around a ↑planet other than Earth:
the moons of Saturn
4. ask for the moon (also cry for the moon British English) informal to ask for something that is difficult or impossible to obtain:
There’s no point in crying for the moon.
5. over the moon British English informal very happy:
She’s over the moon about her new job.
6. many moons ago literary a long time ago:
It all happened many moons ago.
once in a blue moon at ↑once1(15), ⇨ promise somebody the moon at ↑promise1(3)
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2)
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + moon
bright The moon was very bright.
a full moon (=with a completely round shape) A full moon hung low in the sky.
a half moon (=looking like half a circle) A half moon was up now, pale and cool.
a crescent moon (=with a thin curved shape) The stars and thin crescent moon gave just enough light to see the path.
a new moon (=a very thin moon which is just starting to get bigger) It was twilight and a new moon was rising.
a silver/yellow moon It was a frosty night, with a cold silver moon.
a pale moon Her face glowed in the light of the pale moon.
a harvest moon (=the full moon that appears in late September or early October) Over the potato fields a harvest moon was rising.
verbs
the moon shines The moon shone through the window.
the moon rises (also the moon comes up
) He watched the full moon come up over the trees.
the moon appears A brilliant moon appeared over the mountains.
the moon comes out (=appears as it gets dark or a cloud moves) The moon came out from behind the clouds.
the moon hangs somewhere literary (=stays there for a long time) The moon hung over the quiet sea.
the moon sets (=goes down so that you cannot see it) The moon had set, but the sky was clear.
the moon waxes (=gets bigger each night) The moon waxed larger over the next few days.
the moon wanes (=gets smaller each night) The August moon was waning.
phrases
the light of the moon The clouds blocked out the light of the moon.
there is no moon There was no moon, and the fields were completely dark.
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THESAURUS
in the sky
star a large ball of burning gas in space, which can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky: The dark night sky was clear and full of stars.
planet one of the large objects that goes around the sun, for example the Earth, Saturn, Mercury, or Mars: The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781.
sun the star that gives us light and heat, around which the planets move. There are also many millions of other suns in the universe: The sun came out from behind a cloud. | a dying sun
moon the round object that moves around the Earth every 28 days, or a similar object that goes around another planet: The moon rose in the night sky. | Titan is one of the moons of Saturn.
asteroid a mass of rock that moves around the sun. Most asteroids are found between Jupiter and Mars: the asteroid belt
pulsar a type of star that is far away in space and produces ↑radiation and RADIO WAVES
quasar an object like a star that is far away in space and shines extremely brightly
supernova a very large exploding star
constellation a group of stars that forms a particular pattern and has a name: The constellation of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable patterns of stars in the night sky.
galaxy one of the large groups of stars that make up the universe: Astronomers have detected a galaxy 11 billion light years away.
the universe all space, including all the stars and planets: How many planets in the universe have life?
II.moon2 BrE AmE verb
[intransitive and transitive]
informal to bend over and show your ↑buttocks as a joke or a way of insulting someone
moon about/around phrasal verb

British English informal to spend your time lazily, moving around with no real purpose:
I wish you’d stop mooning about and do something useful!
moon over somebody/something phrasal verb
old-fashioned to spend your time thinking about someone that you are in love with:
She sits mooning over his photograph for hours.

m\\moonhu


moon

The Earth has one moon. The moon has no atmosphere. The same side of the moon always faces the Earth.

[mu:n]
danh từ
mặt trăng
new moon
trăng non
full moon
trăng tròn; trăng rằm
crescent moon
trăng lưỡi liềm
ánh trăng
(thơ ca) tháng
to cry for the moon
(xem) cry
to shoot the moon
(từ lóng) dọn nhà đi trong đêm tối để tránh trả tiền nhà
many moons ago
cách đây rất lâu
once in a blue moon
rất hiếm, ít khi, năm thì mười hoạ
I see her once in a blue moon
năm thì mười hoạ tôi mới gặp cô ta
the man in the moon
chú cuội, người mơ mộng vơ vẩn
to be over the moon at something
sung sướng vô ngần về điều gì
nội động từ (+ about, around...)
đi lang thang vơ vẩn
có vẻ mặt thờ thẫn như ở cung trăng
ngoại động từ
to moon away the time thờ thẫn ra vào hết ngày


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