verb🔗Share闰，加入闰日 To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena."To keep the calendar aligned with the seasons, they intercalated an extra day in February. "为了保持日历与季节的同步，他们在二月里闰了一个额外的日子。timeastronomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share闰，加闰月 To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month."To keep the lunar cycle aligned with the seasons, the Hebrew calendar intercalates an extra month during certain years. "为了让阴历周期与季节保持一致，希伯来历会在某些年份闰一个月。timehistoryreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share嵌入, 插入. To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues."The student intercalated a blank page between each chapter of her notes to allow room for additions. "这名学生在笔记的每一章节之间插入了一张空白页，以便留出添加内容的空间。chemistrybiologybiochemistrymedicinesubstancephysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share插入， 嵌入. To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)"The teacher intercalated short review quizzes between the new lessons to help students remember past material. "老师在新的课程之间穿插了一些简短的复习测验，以帮助学生们记住过去的知识。grammarlinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share交错的，层叠的 Interleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers."The textbook had pages of text intercalated with colorful diagrams to break up the monotony. "这本教科书的页面上，文字内容和彩色图表交错排布，用以打破单调感。structurematerialgeologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
