美国有线新闻 CNN 2020年有13个满月 赏月奇怪接踵而至

On average, how many full moons are there in a year? 11, 12, 10 or 14. In most years there are 12 full moons one occurring per month.

平均来说，一年会出现多少个满月？11个、12个、10个还是14个？大多数年份会出现12个满月，每个月出现一次。

But this year there will be 13 with two full moons in October and when you have two full moons in one month, you have what's said to be a "blue moon".

但今年将有13个满月，10月份会有两个满月出现，一个月出现两次满月，就会诞生“蓝月亮”。

But blue is just one of the 13 named moons we'll have this year, the others include the "worm moon", "buck¹ moon", "sturgeon moon". According to the Farmer's Almanac, Native Americans gave them these names to keep track of the seasons. January's "wolf moon" is likely because wolf packs were heard howling in January. March's "worm moon" is named for signs of earthworms appearing in the warmer ground. To add to this "moon gazing", there's a pair of penumbral² lunar eclipses³ coming this summer.

“蓝月亮”只是今年会出现的13个有命名的月亮之一，其他还有“虫月”、“雄鹿月”、“鲟鱼月”等。根据《农民年鉴》，美国土著这样为月亮命名是为了追踪季节。1月份的满月被称为“狼月”，这可能是因为他们在1月份听到了狼群的嚎叫。3月份的满月名为“虫月”，这是因为回暖的土地里开始出现蚯蚓。另外，今年夏天还有两场半影月食可供观赏。

1 buck   

n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃

参考例句：

• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
• The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。

2 penumbral   

adj.日月半影的

参考例句：

3 eclipses   

（日、月）食( eclipse的名词复数 )； 消失，黯然失色

参考例句：

• Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。
• The moon eclipses the sun. 月亮遮住太阳。