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| /ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/ |
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| 1 | C often plural BRITISH a period of time when you do not work or study and do things for pleasure instead . AMERICANvacation 假期 |
| They’ re going to Jamaica for their holidays. 他们将去牙买加度假。 |
| be on holiday (=not working) I am away on holiday for the next two weeks. 在休假；在度假 |
| the Christmas/Easter/summer holidays The kids get bored by the end of the summer holidays. 到暑假结束时孩子们感到厌倦了。 |
| | 1a | C an occasion when you go and stay in another place for pleasure 外出度假时期 | | a golfing/skiing/seaside holiday 高尔夫/滑雪/海滨度假 | | a holiday resort 度假胜地 | | Our trip to Victoria Falls was the holiday of a lifetime (=a very special holiday) . .我们去维多利亚瀑布的旅行是一次极不寻常的度假。 | | go on holiday Several years ago, I went on holiday with some friends. 几年前我与几个朋友一起去度假。 | |
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| 2 | C a day that is a celebration of something special , on which you do not have to work or go to school 假日；节日 |
| 1st May is a holiday in many European countries. 在欧洲许多国家5月1日是个假日。 |
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| 3 | U BRITISH the number of days or weeks during a year when you do not have to work but are paid . AMERICANvacation （一年中带薪的）休假，年假 |
| Employees are entitled to four weeks’ annual holiday. 雇员每年享有4星期的年假。 |
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