half-moon

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
  2. Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail.
  3. A semicircular or crescent-shaped Filipino butter cookie.
  4. Synonym of black and white (“type of cookie”).

词形变化

half-moons plural halfmoon alternative half moon alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
half-mooned
并列词
crescent demilune semicircle

词源

Etymology tree
English half-
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s
Proto-Germanic *mēnô
Proto-West Germanic *mānō
Old English mōna
Middle English mone
English moon
English half-moon
From half- + moon.
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