| 释义 |
> as lemmasgreat year great year n. now chiefly historical a cycle postulated by some ancient astronomers, in which the celestial objects go through all their possible movements and return to their original relative positions (= Platonic year n. at Platonic adj. and n. Compounds); (in later use also) any of various other lengthy chronological cycles (cf. cynic year at cynic adj. 3, vertent year n. at vertent adj., etc.).< |