英语词汇“once in a blue moon”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

once in a blue moon

Very rarely. Peter only comes out for a drink once in blue moon now that he has kids. A: "Do you ever eat pork?" B: "Only once in a blue moon. I prefer beef."

once in a blue moon

Cliché very seldom. Jill: Does your husband ever bring you flowers? Ellen: Once in a blue moon. Once in a blue moon, I buy a fashion magazine, just to see what people are wearing.

once in a blue moon

Rarely, once in a very long time, as in We only see our daughter once in a blue moon. This term is something of a misnomer, because an actual blue moon-that is, the appearance of a second full moon in the same calendar month-occurs every 32 months or so. Further, the moon can appear blue in color at any time, depending on weather conditions. [Early 1800s]

once in a blue moon

If something happens once in a blue moon is happens only very rarely. I only get over to Cambridge once in a blue moon and I'm never in London. Only once in a blue moon do properties of this quality become available. Note: In some places, if there are two full moons in a calendar month, the second is called a `blue moon'. This is rare.

once in a blue moon

very rarely; practically never. informal

The colour blue was an arbitrary choice in this phrase. To say that the moon is blue is recorded in the 16th century as a way of indicating that something could not be true.

ˌonce in a blue ˈmoon

(informal) very rarely: Sue’s daughter only visits her once in a blue moon.

once in a blue moon

mod. rarely. Once in a blue moon I have a little wine with dinner.

once in a blue moon

Very rarely; once in a long while. The earliest reference to a blue moon is skeptical, as well it might be: “Yf they saye the mone is blewe, we must believe that it is true” (Roy and Barlow, Rede Me and Be Not Wrothe, 1528). An early reference to the moon as a time period occurred in Thomas Dekker’s A Knight’s Conjuring (1607): “She would have trickes (once in a moone) to put the divell out of his wits.” The pairing of the two came only in the nineteenth century: “That indefinite period known as a ‘blue moon’” (Edmund Yates, Wrecked in Port, 1869). It occurred still earlier in Pierce Egan’s Early Life in London (1821): “How’s Harry and Ben? Haven’t seen you this blue moon.” Modern astronomers now say “blue moon” refers to the occurrence of a fourth full moon in a season, in addition to the usual three.

词汇	once in a blue moon
释义	Idiom once in a blue moon Theme: FREQUENCY very rarely. I seldom go to a movie—maybe once in a blue moon.I don't go into the city except once in a blue moon. Slang once in a blue moon Theme: RARELY mod. rarely. I do this only once in a blue moon.Once in a blue moon I have a little wine with dinner. Idiom once in a blue moon almost never. Once in a blue moon I'll have a beer with friends, but it's not my regular drink. Etymology: based on the informal phrase blue moon (= the second time in one month that you can see the full disk of the moon) once in a blue moon very rarely UK, 1959 idiomonce in a blue moonused in order to say that something rarely or almost never happens:I like skating, but I only get a chance to go once in a blue moon.Elliot never had much idea of what it means to be a father, and since the divorce he just comes round to see the boys once in a blue moon. once in a blue moon Very rarely. Peter only comes out for a drink once in blue moon now that he has kids. A: "Do you ever eat pork?" B: "Only once in a blue moon. I prefer beef." once in a blue moon Cliché very seldom. Jill: Does your husband ever bring you flowers? Ellen: Once in a blue moon. Once in a blue moon, I buy a fashion magazine, just to see what people are wearing. once in a blue moon Rarely, once in a very long time, as in We only see our daughter once in a blue moon. This term is something of a misnomer, because an actual blue moon-that is, the appearance of a second full moon in the same calendar month-occurs every 32 months or so. Further, the moon can appear blue in color at any time, depending on weather conditions. [Early 1800s] once in a blue moon If something happens once in a blue moon is happens only very rarely. I only get over to Cambridge once in a blue moon and I'm never in London. Only once in a blue moon do properties of this quality become available. Note: In some places, if there are two full moons in a calendar month, the second is called a `blue moon'. This is rare. once in a blue moon very rarely; practically never. informal The colour blue was an arbitrary choice in this phrase. To say that the moon is blue is recorded in the 16th century as a way of indicating that something could not be true. ˌonce in a blue ˈmoon (informal) very rarely: Sue’s daughter only visits her once in a blue moon. once in a blue moon mod. rarely. Once in a blue moon I have a little wine with dinner. once in a blue moon Very rarely; once in a long while. The earliest reference to a blue moon is skeptical, as well it might be: “Yf they saye the mone is blewe, we must believe that it is true” (Roy and Barlow, Rede Me and Be Not Wrothe, 1528). An early reference to the moon as a time period occurred in Thomas Dekker’s A Knight’s Conjuring (1607): “She would have trickes (once in a moone) to put the divell out of his wits.” The pairing of the two came only in the nineteenth century: “That indefinite period known as a ‘blue moon’” (Edmund Yates, Wrecked in Port, 1869). It occurred still earlier in Pierce Egan’s Early Life in London (1821): “How’s Harry and Ben? Haven’t seen you this blue moon.” Modern astronomers now say “blue moon” refers to the occurrence of a fourth full moon in a season, in addition to the usual three.
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