英语里crescent可以指峨眉月，弯月（不是新月）吗？

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Answer 1

可以指峨眉月

crescent
【n.】
●The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
○蛾眉月：月亮在上弦时或下弦时的形状，其凹边和凹边均汇合成点
●Something having concave and convex edges terminating in points.
○新月形物：凹边和凹边汇合成点的物体
【adj.】
●Crescent-shaped.
○新月状的
●Waxing, as the moon; increasing.
○渐圆的，渐强的：月亮等渐圆的；逐渐增强的

<语源>
●Middle English cressaunt
○中古英语 cressaunt
●from Anglo-Norman
○源自 英法语
●variant of Old French creissant[from present participle of] creistre [to grow]
○ 古法语 creissant的变体 [] 源自creistre的现在分词 [生长]
●from Latin crscere→ker-2
○源自 拉丁语 crscere→ker-2