lunar month的词源

英文词源

neap (adj.)

Middle English, from Old English nepflod "neap flood," the tide occurring at the end of the first and third quarters of the lunar month, in which high waters are at their lowest, of unknown origin, with no known cognates (Danish niptid probably is from English). Original sense perhaps is "without power." As a noun from 1580s.

中文词源

lunar month：太阴月

即以月亮作为基准的月。比较solar month.

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