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解釋/意思:

(n.) The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year.

汉密尔顿校對

解釋/意思:

n. the moon's age at the beginning of the year: the excess of the solar month or year above the lunar: (pl.) a set of nineteen numbers used for fixing the date of Easter and other church festivals by indicating the age of the moon at the beginning of each civil year in the lunar cycle.

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