lunar

lunar — adjective

1. connected with or happening on the moon — for example, the surface of the moon,

1.形容詞B2
釋義

connected with or happening on the moon — for example, the surface of the moon, a journey to the moon, or the moon's regular changes in appearance.

例句

Darius checked his phone for the exact time of the next lunar eclipse.

collocation: lunar eclipse

Kabir's grandfather still uses an old Chinese lunar calendar to plan the harvest.

collocation: lunar calendar

同義詞
  • moonlike

    descriptive adjective usable after linking verbs; less precise than 'lunar'

  • selenian

    very rare technical term from Greek Selene (moon goddess); not used in everyday English

反義詞
  • solar

    relating to the sun — the natural contrast pair (lunar eclipse vs. solar eclipse)

  • terrestrial

    relating to Earth — contrasts with 'lunar' in space-science contexts

用法筆記

Lunar is a classifying adjective — it places things into the category 'of the moon' and is never used in comparative or superlative forms (❌ more lunar, ❌ the most lunar). It appears almost exclusively before nouns (attributive position), not after linking verbs (❌ The landscape was lunar). If you need a descriptive adjective after a verb, use 'moonlike' instead.

常見錯誤

❌The lunar' (as a noun meaning the moon itself).
✅The lunar surface' or simply 'the moon.
💡'lunar' is an adjective, never a noun in standard English.
❌The landscape was very lunar.
✅The landscape looked like a lunar landscape.
💡'lunar' is a classifying adjective and cannot be graded with 'very'.