trimester
noun[C]
uk/trɪˈmes.tər//traɪˈmes.tər/us/traɪˈmes.tɚ//ˈtraɪ.mes.tɚ/a three-monthperiod
三个月时间any of the three three-monthperiodsthat ahumanpregnancyisdividedinto:
(人类妊娠的)三月期The second trimester isgenerallytheeasiestpartof apregnancy.一般说来,第二个三月期是怀孕期间最轻松的一段时间。
US
any of the three-monthperiodsinto which theschoolorcollegeyearis sometimesdivided:
(一学年分为三学期的)一学期Manystudentsarrangeinternshipsor work-studyplacementsduring the second trimester.许多学生在第二学期安排实习或半工半读。
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Specific periods of time
- Anthropocene
- around-the-clock
- British Summer Time
- BST
- calendar month
- hour-long
- hr
- Jurassic
- lunar month
- Mesozoic
- nightlong
- Oligocene
- Ordovician
- Palaeocene
- Palaeogene
- Precambrian
- week-long
- wk
- year
- year-long
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