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词汇 moon
释义
moon
Theme: BUTTOCKS
n. the buttocks.
He rubbed a plump moon where he had been kicked, but said no more.She fell square on her moon and slowly broke into a smile.
Theme: NAKEDNESS
tr. & in. to show (someone) one's nude posterior through a window (usually of an automobile).
When the plane flew over Cuba, this guy named Victor actually mooned a Russian M.I.G. that flew by.The kids were mooning, and they got arrested for indecent exposure.
moon
1. noun
1
used as a quaint, indefinite measure of time US, 1988.
2
a month's imprisonment UK, 1830.
3
a smooth, convex wheel cover US, 1980.
4
a flat, circular piece of hashish US, 1972.
5
illegally manufactured alcoholic drink. An abbreviation of MOONSHINE US, 1928. over the moonextremely pleased, delighted UK, 1974. the moonthe bleed period of the menstrual cycle. Euphemism US, 1999
2. verb
1
to flash your exposed buttocks at someone. From the venerable sense as 'the buttocks' US, 1963.
2
to experience the bleed period of the menstrual cycle. Emphasises the monthly rhythm of the menstrual cycle US, 2000.
3
to idle, especially to move listlessly. Generally combined with 'about', 'along', or 'around' UK, 1848.
4
in a split-pot game of poker, to declare or win both high and low. An abbreviation of 'shoot the moon' US, 1988
idiommoon promise sb the earth/moonask for the moonto ask for something that is difficult or impossible to get:People who take out private pensions aren't asking for the moon - they just don't want to be surprised by receiving less money than they expected.The funeral director's bill of £2000 was a shock - he might as well have asked for the moon.bark/howl at the moon AmEAmEWorried to do something that is not effective or wastes time:If other nations don't adopt similar measures to protect blue sharks, we're just barking at the moon, and the sharks may not survive.Residents of Pine Valley say Hoppe's plans for the school need to be revised again. Hoppe says they are just howling at the moon.be crying for the moon BrEBrEold-fashioned used when you disapprove because someone wants something that they can never have:Joe decided he had spent enough time crying for the moon; it was time to face up to his responsibilities like a mature adult.once 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.over the moon BrEBrEspoken very happy about something that has happened:Valerie was over the moon that her daughter had finally got engaged.Peter Hillary said he was "over the moon" to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, the mountain first climbed by his father Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.throw a moon BrEBrEslang to bend over and show your bare buttocks (= the parts of your body that you sit on) as a joke or to insult someone:Dennis was arrested for throwing a moon at the television cameras.Everyone was so serious, it made me want to do something really outrageous, like throw a moon.AmE = hang a B.A.
phrasemoon[mooned, mooned, mooning]
moon around
moon around/aboutmoon around/about sth not passive BrE informal to spend your time doing very little, especially because you feel sad or because you are thinking about someone you love: She could hardly wait to see him again, but there was no point just mooning around until then. I mooned about the house while my wife was in hospital, not getting on well with my writing at all. SIMILAR TO: mooch around/about BrE informal
moon over
moon over sb to spend all your time thinking about someone that you are in love with: I wish Alice would get on with her life, instead of just mooning over Lester Stone.

moon

1. n. the buttocks. He rubbed his plump moon where he had been kicked, but said no more.
2. tv. & in. to show (someone) one’s nude posterior through a window (usually of an automobile). (see also mooner, gaucho.) When the plane flew over Cuba, this guy named Victor actually mooned a Russian MIG that flew by.
See:
  • ask for the moon
  • bark at the moon
  • bay at the moon
  • be over the moon
  • blood moon
  • blue moon
  • cast beyond the moon
  • cry for the moon
  • cry/ask for the moon
  • go between the moon and the milkman
  • man in the moon, (no more than) the
  • many moons ago
  • moon
  • moon (is) made of green cheese, (and) the
  • moon about
  • moon around
  • moon away
  • once in a blue moon
  • over the moon
  • promise (one) the moon
  • promise someone the moon
  • promise the moon
  • promise the moon/earth/world
  • reach for the moon
  • shoot the moon
  • the man in the moon
  • the moon on a stick
  • think (one) hung the moon
  • think (someone) hung the moon and the stars
  • think hung the moon
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