Definition of "year" in 英语

noun

1. A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.

   • we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago

2. (by extension) An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.

   • Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.

3. A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.

   • A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
   • I was born in the year 1950.
   • This Chinese year is the year of the Ox.

4. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.

   • During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.

5. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).

   • Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.

noun

1. Pronunciation spelling of here.

2. Pronunciation spelling of hear.