excursion 英 [ɪkˈskɜ:ʃn]   美 [ɪkˈskɜrʒn]

excursion

excursion  英 [ɪkˈskɜ:ʃn] 美 [ɪkˈskɜrʒn]

n. 远足;短程旅行 

名词复数:excursions 

I joined their excursion. 我加入了他们的远足。
They've gone on an excursion to York. 他们到约克旅游去了。

  • An excursion is taken more for pleasure than for practical reasons. Your business trip, when you spent most of the week waiting in airports and adjusting to different time zones, does not count as an excursion.
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  • n. 远足;短程旅行
  • 1. I joined their excursion.

    我加入了他们的远足。

  • 2. They've gone on an excursion to York.

    他们到约克旅游去了。

  • excursion (n.) 1570s, "a deviation in argument," also "a military sally," from Latin excursionem (nominative excursio) "a running forth, sally, excursion, expedition," figuratively "an outset, opening," noun of action from past-participle stem of excurrere "run out, run forth, hasten forward; project, extend," from ex "out" (see ex-) + currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). Sense of "journey" recorded in English by 1660s.
ex·cur·sion / ɪkˈskɜːʃn ; NAmE ɪkˈskɜːrʒn / noun 1 a short journey made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people (尤指集体)远足,短途旅行 They've gone on an excursionto York. 他们到约克旅游去了。 synonyms at trip 2 excursioninto sth ( formal) a short period of trying a new or different activity (短期的)涉足,涉猎 After a brief excursion into drama, he concentrated on his main interest, which was poetry. 他短暂涉猎过戏剧之后便把全部精力投入到他的主要兴趣 — 诗歌中去了。 excursion excursions ex·cur·sion / ɪkˈskɜːʃn ; NAmE ɪkˈskɜːrʒn /
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