equinoxn. equal length of day and night晝夜平分時(shí)。
△Oth. 2. 3. 129 (123):“and do but see his vice,/’Tis to his virtue a just equinox,/ The one as long as theother. ”i. e. His vice counter-balances his virtue as ex-actly as day and night are equal at the equinox. 但是只消看看他的毛病，那和他的長處恰好相等，半斤對(duì)八兩。 equinox晝夜平分時(shí)指一年中太陽在午時(shí)垂直照射赤道的時(shí)間。此時(shí)全世界的白天、夜晚時(shí)長均分。晝夜平分時(shí)一年中出現(xiàn)兩次，第一次為3月21日前后（稱春分），第二次在9月22日（稱秋分）。 equinox[?i:kwin?ks]n. 晝夜平分點(diǎn) |