sab·bat·i·cal
noun/səˈbætɪkl/
/səˈbætɪkl/
[countable, uncountable]- a period of time when somebody, especially a teacher at a university, is allowed to stop their normal work in order to study or travel
（尤指供大学教师进行学术研究或旅行的）公休假，学术休假 - to take a year’s sabbatical
休一年的公休假 - on sabbatical He's on sabbatical this term.
他本学期休学术假。 - a sabbatical term/year
休假学期／学年
Oxford Collocations DictionarySabbatical is used before these nouns:- leave
- year
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek sabbatikos ‘of the sabbath’ + -al. - to take a year’s sabbatical