holiday

英 [ˈhɒlədeɪ]

美 [ˈhɑːlədeɪ]

n.  假期; 度假期; 假日，节日(尤指宗教节日或国家庆典日)
v.  度假; 休假

复数：holidays　现在分词：holidaying　第三人称单数：holidays　过去式：holidayed　过去分词：holidayed　

中考高考IELTSCET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.948 / COCA.1963

同义词辨析

holidayleavevacation【导航词义：假期】

牛津词典

noun

• 假期
  a period of time when you are not at work or school
  1. the school/summer/Christmas, etc. holidays
     学校假期、暑假、圣诞节等假期
  2. I'm afraid Mr Walsh is away on holiday this week.
     很抱歉，沃尔什先生这个星期休假去了。
  3. The package includes 20 days' paid holiday a year.
     这一揽子福利包括每年20天的带薪假。
  4. holiday pay
     假日薪金
  5. a holiday job (= done by students during the school holidays)
     （学生在学校放假时做的）假期工作
• 度假期
  a period of time spent travelling or resting away from home
  1. a camping/skiing/walking, etc. holiday
     露营、滑雪、远足等度假
  2. a family holiday
     合家度假
  3. a foreign holiday
     国外度假
  4. a holiday cottage/home/resort
     度假别墅 / 住所 / 胜地
  5. the holiday industry
     度假服务业
  6. Where are you going for your holidays this year?
     你今年要到哪里休假？
  7. They met while on holiday in Greece.
     他们是在希腊度假时认识的。
  8. We went on holiday together last summer.
     去年夏天我们一起去度假了。
• 假日，节日（尤指宗教节日或国家庆典日）
  a day when most people do not go to work or school, especially because of a religious or national celebration
  1. a national holiday
     全国假日
  2. Today is a holiday in Wales.
     在威尔士今天是假日。
• 节日假期（从十二月到一月上旬，包括圣诞节、修殿节和新年）
  the time in December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year
  1. Happy Holidays!
     节日愉快！

verb

• 度假；休假
  to spend a holiday somewhere
  1. She was holidaying with her family in Ireland.
     她当时正和家人在爱尔兰度假。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （外出度过的）假期
  Aholidayis a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as theirholidays.
  1. I've just come back from a holiday in the United States...
     我刚从美国度假回来。
  2. We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday...
     我们打电话给邓肯，问他要去哪里度假。
  3. Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort...
     伊斯基亚是个很受欢迎的海滨度假胜地。
  4. We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
     我们要去苏格兰度假。

in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation


• See also:New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain...He invited her to spend the Fourth of July holiday at his summer home on Fire Island...Bad weather has caused dozens of flight cancellations over the holiday weekend.bank holiday
• N-PLURAL （学校的）假期
  The holidaysare the time when children do not have to go to school.
  1. ...the first day of the school holidays.
     学校放假的第一天

in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation


• N-UNCOUNT （不上班的）休假期
  If you have a particular number of days' or weeks'holiday, you do not have to go to work for that number of days or weeks.
  1. Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paid holiday a year.
     每位工人每年都能享受4周的带薪休假。

in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation


• VERB （外出）度假
  If youare holidayingin a place away from home, you are on holiday there.
  1. Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of holidaying abroad...
     品尝当地菜肴是海外度假的乐趣之一。
  2. Vacant rooms on the campus were being used by holidaying families.
     校园里的闲置宿舍住着一些度假的家庭。

in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation


Take care not to confuseholidayandholidays.
注意不要混淆 holiday 和 holidays。

英英释义

noun

• leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
  1. we get two weeks of vacation every summer
  2. we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico
  Synonym:vacation
• a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
  1. no mail is delivered on federal holidays
  2. it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover

verb

• spend or take a vacation
  Synonym:vacation

双语例句

• You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in the UK
  在英国度假，只有赌天气了。
• The government declared Easter Monday a public holiday.
  政府宣布复活节后的星期一是公共假日。
• After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music.
  简短地问了一下圣诞假期之后，他又回到了音乐的话题上。
• The date of the holiday has been advanced.
  假期提前了。
• The town has a festive holiday atmosphere
  镇子上充盈着一种节日的喜庆气氛。
• Every worker will be entitled to four weeks 'paid holiday a year.
  每位工人每年都能享受4周的带薪休假。
• He started with a good holiday in Key West, Florida.
  他先去佛罗里达的基韦斯特岛度了个愉快的假期。
• He invited her to spend the Fourth of July holiday at his summer home on Fire Island
  他邀请她去自己在法尔岛上的消夏寓所过美国独立纪念日。
• The brochure offers a wide choice of hotels, apartments and holiday homes
  这本小册子提供了很多宾馆、公寓、度假屋供选择。
• Bad weather has caused dozens of flight cancellations over the holiday weekend.
  恶劣的天气已经导致这个连假周末数十个航班被取消。