holiday
holiday 英 [ˈhɒlədeɪ] 美 [ˈhɑlədeɪ]
n. 假日;节日 vi. 外出度假
进行时:holidaying 过去式:holidayed 过去分词:holidayed 第三人称单数:holidays 名词复数:holidays
- A holiday celebrates a person, anniversary, religious belief or other occasion. You might observe the Indian holiday of Holi, and take a week off of work to celebrate with your family.
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- n. 假日;节日
- vi. 外出度假
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1. the school holidays, the summer holidays, the Christmas holidays
学校假期、暑假、圣诞节等假期
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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。
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3. holiday pay
假日薪金
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4. a family holiday
合家度假
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5. a foreign holiday
国外度假
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6. the holiday industry
度假服务业
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7. a national holiday
全国假日
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8. Today is a holiday in Wales.
在威尔士今天是假日。
- holiday (n.) 1500s, earlier haliday (c. 1200), from Old English haligdæg "holy day, consecrated day, religious anniversary; Sabbath," from halig "holy" (see holy) + dæg "day" (see day); in 14c. meaning both "religious festival" and "day of exemption from labor and recreation," but pronunciation and sense diverged 16c. As an adjective mid-15c. Happy holidays is from mid-19c., in British English, with reference to summer vacation from school. As a Christmastime greeting, by 1937, American English, in Camel cigarette ads.
- holiday (v.) "to pass the holidays," 1869, from holiday (n.).
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