1 N-COUNT [oft on/from N] (外出度过的)假期 A holiday is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as their holidays. (外出度过的)假期 [British]
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I've just come back from a holiday in the United States.
我刚从美国度假回来。
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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。
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Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort.
伊斯基亚是个很受欢迎的海滨度假胜地。
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We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
我们要去苏格兰度假。
SYN vacation, leave, break, time off
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
2 N-COUNT 公众假日;节日 A holiday is a day when people do not go to work or school because of a religious or national festival. 公众假日;节日
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New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain.
元旦是全英国的公众假日。
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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。
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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。
SYN festival, bank holiday, festivity, public holiday
4 N-PLURAL [oft n NOUN] (学校的)假期 The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school. (学校的)假期 [British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
5 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. (不上班的)休假期 [British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
6 VERB [oft cont] (外出)度假 If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there. (外出)度假 [British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
Quotations
He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth; he writes verses, he speaks of holiday, he smells April and May William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell George Bernard Shaw Parents and Children
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