holiday
holiday
英[ˈhɒlədeɪ]美[ˈhɑːlədeɪ]
n.假期，度假，节日，休假期；
v.度假；
复数：holidays;
第三人称单数：holidays;
过去式：holidayed;
过去分词：holidayed;
现在分词：holidaying;
例句
I learned to windsurf on an activity holiday.我参加主题活动假期时学会了风帆冲浪。
People hang flags out on the national holiday.在国庆日, 人们把国旗挂在门外。
The holiday wasn’t really our scene.Most of the people were much older than us and there wasn’t any nightlife.这次假期过得不太合我们的意。大多数人都比我们年龄大,而且也没有任何夜生活。
He's on holiday in Africa, hunting for animals.他正在非洲度假打猎呢。
I suggested a cycling holiday, and he seized on the idea.我提议骑自行车出外度假, 他采纳了这个意见。
His mind played on the idea of going away for a holiday.他心里动着度假的念头。
They combined their holiday with a visit to their relatives.他们既度假, 又走访亲戚。
We shall do without a holiday this summer.今年夏天我们不能有假日了。
I won't take a chance on a July holiday in Britain—it always rains.我不会冒险在7月份去英国度假——那时天老是下雨!
Did you enjoy your holiday?—Anything but.你的生日过得快乐吗?——没有什么特别的。
英语六级真题
While Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday all saw record spending online, in-store sales plunged over the holiday weekend.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文That relative strength would be consistent with what was seen in the wider retail industry during the early part of the holiday season.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up double-digit increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wideranging challenges.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Good morning! America’s holiday shopping season starts on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
出自-2017年6月听力原文About 136 million people will shop during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.
出自-2017年6月听力原文The large base he leads resembles a snowed-in college campus on holiday break, with the capacity to sleep more than 10 times the 13 people who were staying on through the Antarctic winter.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Just half a dozen holiday-makers have reached orbit since then, for similarly astronomical price tags.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文For that, we have a robust informal learning system that gives no grades, takes all comers, and is available even on holidays and weekends.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文The plane, a Boeing 737, taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land.
出自-2010年6月听力原文After conducting extensive research in which he studied the festivals of many African groups of people, he decided that the new holiday should be a harvest or "first fruits" celebration, incorporating ideas from many different harvest traditions.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section Cand some parents say they can manage the cost of a school trip abroad more easily than a family holiday.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section CI just got the idea a few months ago after posting some holiday photos on my social media accounts.
2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section AI mean, I've seen the famous films, Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's and a few others, but I still don't fully get it.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section AMacy's reported its sales plunged 5.2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wide—ranging challenges.
2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section COne principle is highlighted each day of the holiday.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section COne relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up" double-digit" increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled.
2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section CPresident Abraham Lincoln, during the Civil War, issued a proclamation setting aside the last Thursday in November for the holiday.
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section AShe began a nationwide campaign to have a national holiday declared that would bring families together while celebrating the traditional festivals.
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
（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.
例句
I've just come back from a holiday in the United States...我刚从美国度假回来。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。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.
例句
New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain...元旦是全英国的公众假日。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。N-PLURAL
（学校的）假期
The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school.
例句
...the first day of the school holidays.学校放假的第一天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.
例句
Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paid holiday a year.每位工人每年都能享受4周的带薪休假。VERB
（外出）度假
If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there.
例句
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of holidaying abroad...品尝当地菜肴是海外度假的乐趣之一。Vacant rooms on the campus were being used by holidaying families.校园里的闲置宿舍住着一些度假的家庭。英汉词典释义
n.
假期
The Fourth of July is the national holiday of the US.七月四日是美国国庆日。度假期
假日，节日（尤指**节日或国家庆典日）
节日假期（从 12 月到 1 月上旬，包括圣诞节、修殿节和新年）
vt.
度假；休假
英英词典释义
Noun
1. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure;
"we get two weeks of vacation every summer""we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"2. a day on which work is suspended by law or custom;
"no mail is delivered on federal holidays""it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"Verb
1. spend or take a vacation
行业词典
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