winter solstice

基本解释

The Mayan calendar predicts that a doomsday event will occursomewhere in the Northern Hemisphere during winter solstice in theyear 2012.
玛雅历法预言：2012年冬至之时，北半球的某些地方将会发生灾难性的事件。
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For thousands of years, cultures the world over feted the winter solstice as the moment of the sun’s return, the turning of the wintry tide.
在几千年中，世界各地的文化都广泛庆祝冬至日，因为它是太阳回归的日子，是冬季潮汐变更方向的日子。
Even so, the end date of the current Long Count cycle—winter solstice 2012—may be evidence of Maya astronomical skill, said Aveni, the archaeoastronomer.
虽然如此，长计历的结束日——2012年冬至，会是玛雅人天文学知识的证明，考古天文学家阿维尼如是说。

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