| 词汇 | holiday |
| 释义 | holiday noun uk /ˈhɒl.ə.deɪ/ us /ˈhɑː.lə.deɪ/ A1[ C or U ]UK(UKinformalholidays); (UKinformalhols); (USvacation) a time when someone does not go to work or school but is free to do what they want, such as travel or relax: （尤指出游的）假期，休假 a camping/skiing holiday野营／滑雪假期 for your holidayHave you decided where you're going for your holiday(s) this year?你决定今年到哪里度假了吗？ on holidayPatricia is on holiday next week.帕特里夏下星期休假。 How many days' holiday do you get with your new job?你的新工作有多少天假期？ summer holidayWe thought we'd go to France for our summer holiday.我们想去法国过暑假。 school holidaySurely the school holidays start soon.想必学校马上就要放假了吧。 B1[ C ] an official day when you do not have to go to work or school: 法定假日，节日 a public holiday公共假日 St Patrick's Day is a holiday in Ireland.圣帕特里克节是爱尔兰的一个节日。 UK a time when you are allowed not to make a regular payment such as a mortgage payment (= money that has been lent to buy a house, paid back regularly): payment holidayThe flexible features of this mortgage allow the borrower to make overpayments and take payment holidays. repayment holidayWe arranged a flexible business loan with a two year capital repayment holiday which gave us the breathing space we needed. mortgage holidayStruggling homeowners were handed more support as the UK's biggest banks agreed to offer a mortgage holiday to those unable to meet payments. holidays [ plural ]US the time at the end of December and beginning of January each year that includes Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year : （十二月底一月初圣诞节、犹太光明节、新年期间的）假期 We were at home for the holidays.圣诞新年期间我们在家里。 After all that hard work, you deserve a holiday.干了那么多活儿，你该休假了。 The Caribbean is a popular holiday destination.加勒比海是人们喜爱的度假胜地。 Give me a call when you get back from holiday. You can win a holiday for two in the south of France just by answering three simple questions. We can't really afford foreign holidays. Tourism & holidays air bridge air corridor amenity kit aparthotel awayday caravanning ecotourism escape high season layover mini-break package tour phrase book post-holiday put something up ranger station sightsee stopover tourism tourist trap You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Time off Borrowing & lending Specific periods of time GrammarHoliday and holidays Holiday as a singular noun commonly refers to a specific day or event: … holiday verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] UKuk /ˈhɒl.ə.deɪ/ us /ˈhɑː.lə.deɪ/(USvacation) to take a holiday: 去度假 holiday inMy parents are holidaying in Spain this year.我的父母今年要去西班牙度假。 Tourism & holidays air bridge air corridor amenity kit aparthotel awayday caravanning ecotourism escape high season layover mini-break package tour phrase book post-holiday put something up ranger station sightsee stopover tourism tourist trap You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Time off GrammarHoliday and holidays Holiday as a singular noun commonly refers to a specific day or event: … holiday | American Dictionaryholiday noun[ C ] us/ˈhɑl·ɪˌdeɪ/ a day for celebration when many people are allowed to stay away from work or school: a national holiday CdnBr A holiday is a vacation. holiday | Business Englishholiday noun uk /ˈhɒlədeɪ/us [ C ]UK(USvacation) a time when you are away from home, and can relax, visit new places, etc.: go on holidayAre you going away on holiday this year? Online holiday sales are up 28% compared with the same period last year. a holiday company holiday insurance [ C ] HR UK(alsoholidays[ plural ]); (USvacation) a time when someone does not go to work but is free to do what they want, such as travel or relax: My PA does most of my work when I'm on holiday. She had already used all her holiday entitlement. holiday pay the summer holidays How many days of vacation do you get a year? [ C ] an official day when most people do not go to work and schools, banks and many businesses are closed: Wall Street was closed for a public holiday. May 1 is a holiday in many countries. the holidays[ plural ](US alsothe holiday season[ S ]) the period between late December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year: Online sales were buoyant during the holidays. [ C ] FINANCE UK a time when you do not have to pay something that you usually have to pay: take a holiday from sthIf you are in financial difficulties, ask your bank whether you can take a holiday from interest repayments. a tax/contribution/mortgage holiday See alsobank holiday contribution holiday national holiday package holiday public holiday Examples of holidayholiday As children were assumed to spend weekends and holidays with parents, no school-related clothing was included. The second cause was due to public and statutory holidays. In addition to public holidays, one day a month was lost for machine servicing. On the holidays, wherever he camped, one hundred tents would join him. They protested over immediate or relatively shortterm issues like ad hoc demands over wage hikes, holidays, dismissals or restoration of allowances. Moreover, there are 52 weeks in a year, and excluding holidays and planned and unplanned downtime, there were approximately 50 possible procedure weeks per year. Across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the number of religious holidays was gradually reduced, sometimes by the state and sometimes by the churches themselves. Education and holidays also feature largely in this selection of theses on children and cities. Except for limitations on work on religious holidays, official regulation of the daily and weekly round declined. Thus, a trade union might offer discounts on holidays to its members, and threaten non-members with ostracism. Events like remembering visits by relatives, birthdays or holidays were used by another 18 % to aid memory. We asked children about their school, family, home, holidays, and medical history. She says they ' caught up ' at weekends and on holidays. Which friend did the man repair the roof for during the holidays? Which ladder did the man repair the roof with during the holidays? See all examples of holiday These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withholidayholidayThese are words often used in combination with holiday. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. annual holiday For example, the non-resident parent is assumed to take his contact children on his annualholiday. extended holiday Some people will want to let their houses for less than 12 months; for example, when on an extendedholiday or when working abroad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 happy holiday It is therefore my pleasant task to join in wishing everyone a happyholiday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with holiday |
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