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{
"term": "moon",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the round object that moves around the earth once every 27½ days and shines at night by light reflected from the sun",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the surface of the moon"
},
{
"text": "the first man to walk on the moon"
},
{
"text": "a moon landing"
},
{
"text": "He made a promise to put a man on the moon."
},
{
"text": "During the eclipse, the moon passed between the sun and the Earth."
},
{
"text": "The agency wants to establish a permanent moon base."
},
{
"text": "an astronaut who was killed during the first moon mission"
}
],
"topics": ["Space"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bright", "pale", "large"],
"verb + moon": ["cover", "hide", "fly to"],
"moon + verb": ["appear", "come out", "rise"],
"moon + noun": ["landing", "base", "rocket"],
"preposition": ["on the moon", "under a/the moon"],
"phrases": ["the light of the moon", "the surface of the moon"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the moon as it appears in the sky at a particular time",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a crescent moon"
},
{
"text": "There's no moon tonight *(= no moon can be seen)*."
},
{
"text": "By the light of the moon I could just make out shapes and outlines."
},
{
"text": "The calendar gives you sunset times as well as moon phases."
},
{
"text": "The moon had almost set and the night was now dark."
},
{
"text": "They had to work by the light of the moon."
},
{
"text": "A large black cloud covered the moon."
},
{
"text": "The moon reflected perfectly off the surface of the water."
},
{
"text": "The moon cast its soft glow on the earth below."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bright", "pale", "large"],
"verb + moon": ["cover", "hide", "fly to"],
"moon + verb": ["appear", "come out", "rise"],
"moon + noun": ["landing", "base", "rocket"],
"preposition": ["on the moon", "under a/the moon"],
"phrases": ["the light of the moon", "the surface of the moon"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a natural satellite that moves around a planet other than the earth",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "How many moons does Jupiter have?"
},
{
"text": "The probe landed on Saturn's largest moon."
},
{
"text": "Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter."
},
{
"text": "Saturn's icy moons"
}
],
"topics": ["Space"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to ask for something that is difficult or impossible to get or achieve",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wanting a decent job and a home is hardly asking for the moon."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a very long time ago",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "All that happened many moons ago."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very rarely",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "extremely happy and excited",
"labels": "(informal, especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They’re over the moon about their trip to Japan."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make promises that will be impossible to keep",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Politicians promise the earth before an election, but things are different afterwards."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make promises that will be impossible to keep",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Politicians promise the moon before an election, but things are different afterwards."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/muːn/",
"audio": "mo/moon/moon_1_gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/muːn/",
"audio": "mo/moon/moon__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English mōna, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maan and German Mond, also to month, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mensis and Greek mēn ‘month’, and also Latin metiri ‘to measure’ (the moon being used to measure time)."
}