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bissextile adjective formal uk/bɪˈsek.staɪl / us/bɪˈsek.stəl / /baɪˈsek.stəl / 闰年的(of a year) having an extra day on 29 February Every fourth year is a bissextile year or leap year. 每四年是一个闰年。 See also: leap year 更多例句- Correctly a leap year is termed a bissextile year.
- Any year divisible by 4, except centenary years, is bissextile.
- The Romans referred to February 23 as the 6th day before the beginning of March, and the extra day inserted on February 24 was called the "second sixth" day, or " bissextile day" in a "bissextile year" (leap year).
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