milk moon

　　牛奶月

　　According to apocryphal accounts, the name milk moon is a colonial English expression for the full moon in April. As the theory goes, grass is particularly abundant in April, allowing the farm animals to make a lot of milk.

　　据谣传，牛奶月是殖民地国家对四月满月的一种表达。正如理论所言，草在四月特别丰富，可以喂养许多农场动物产奶。

　　The written evidence for this theory is a bit thin. The earliest written uses of the expression milk moon in evidence come from late 19th- and early 20th-century studies of tribes in Mongolia and their names for different months.

　　这一理论的书面证据尚不足。“牛奶月”这个词最早的书面用法来自19世纪末和20世纪初对蒙古部落和他们为不同月份进行命名的研究。

　　One of these, when translated, was known as the milk moon. However, at least by the early 20th century, the April full moon was termed the milk moon in English-language almanacs.

　　其中一个在翻译时被译为牛奶月。然而，至少在20世纪初，四月满月在英语年鉴中被称为牛奶月。

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　　今日生词

　　amateur [ˈæmətə] n 业余爱好者;(尤指)业余运动员; adj 业余的;业余爱好的;由业余爱好者制作的; 业余的;外行的;不熟练的 <贬>

　　例句

　　Taylor began his playing career as an amateur goalkeeper.

　　泰勒的运动生涯是从当业余守门员开始的。