biannual

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /bʌɪˈanjuːəl/    美 /baɪˈænjuəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something occurring twice each year.
    — It was a biannual from April 1970 to October 1977 and has been a quarterly since fall 1978.
形容词 adj.
  1. Occurring twice a year; semiannual. not-comparable
    — The annual values were disaggregated into biannual values. Then the biannual values were disaggregated into quarterly values. Finally the quarterly values were disaggregated into the desired monthly values.
  2. Occurring once every two years; biennial. not-comparable,proscribed
    — The relative share of agriculture in GDP of the West Bank (calculated on the basis of fixed 1986 prices, and as a two-year average to deal with the major biannual fluctuations in olive production) declined[…].

词形变化

bi-annual alternative biannuals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
biannually

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Italic *dwi-
Latin bi-bor.
English bi-
English annual
English biannual
From bi- + annual.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Italic *dwi-
Latin bi-bor.
English bi-
English annual
English biannual
From bi- + annual.
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