1
- a fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts（大学的）假期; （法庭的）休庭期。
1.1
- chiefly N. Amer. a holiday〈主北美〉假期; 假日：
he took a vacation in the south of France
他在法国南部度假
people come here on vacation.
人们到这里来度假。
2
- mass noun the action of leaving something one previously occupied空出; 腾出; （职位的）辞去：
his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship.
婚姻是他辞去董事职位的理由。
no obj.
- chiefly US take a holiday〈主美〉休假, 度假：
I was vacationing in Europe with my family.
当时我和家人在欧洲度假。
派生词
vacationer
nounvacationist
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio（n-）, from vacare 'be unoccupied' （see VACATE）.