🔑[C]adaywhenmostpeopledonotgotoworkorschool, especiallybecauseofareligiousornationalcelebration假日,节日(尤指宗教节日或国家庆典日)◆anationalholiday全国假日◆TodayisaholidayinWales. 在威尔士今天是假日。➡ see alsobank holiday, public holiday🔑holidays[pl.](NAmE) thetimeinDecemberandearlyJanuarythatincludesChristmas, HanukkahandNewYear节日假期(从十二月到一月上旬,包括圣诞节、修殿节和新年)◆HappyHolidays! 节日愉快!holiday / vacation
You use holiday (or holidays) in BrE and vacation in NAmE to describe the regular periods of time when you are not at work or school, or time that you spend travelling or resting away from home. * holiday 或 holidays(英式英语)和 vacation(美式英语)均表示休息日、假日、外出休假期:◆I get four weeks' holiday/vacation a year.我一年有四周休假。◆He's on holiday/vacation this week.他本周休假。◆I like to take my holiday/vacation in the winter.我喜欢在冬天休假。◆the summer holidays/vacation暑假
In NAmE a holiday (or a public holiday) is a single day when government offices, schools, banks and businesses are closed.在美式英语中,holiday 或 public holiday 指政府机关、学校、银行和商业机构关门休息的公共假日:◆The school will be closed Monday because it's a holiday.星期一是公共假日,所以学校不上课。This is called a bank holiday in BrE.在英式英语中,公共假日叫做 bank holiday。
The holidays is used in NAmE to refer to the time in late December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year.在美式英语中,the holidays 指十二月下旬至一月上旬,包括圣诞节、修殿节和新年在内的这段时间。
Vacation in BrE is used mainly to mean one of the periods when universities are officially closed for the students.在英式英语中,vacation 主要指大学的放假时期。
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