| 词汇 | pastime |
| 释义 | pastime noun[ C ] uk /ˈpɑːs.taɪm/ us /ˈpæs.taɪm/ C2 an activity that is done for enjoyment: 消遣，娱乐 Do-it-yourself is the nation's most popular pastime.自己动手是该国最流行的消遣活动。 figurativeSuing people, especially doctors, is becoming a national pastime (= common activity) in America.在美国，提起诉讼——尤其是对医生——是一种全民热衷的寻常事。 Synonyms hobby interest pursuit Pastimes - general words activity amusement avocation avocational avocationally caper deke frolic game interest leisure nonprofessional poi pursuit rec recreate recreation recreational relaxation pastime | American Dictionarypastime noun[ C ] us/ˈpæsˌtɑɪm/ an activity that is done for enjoyment: Hockey is Canada’s national pastime. Examples of pastimepastime The same sources tell us that this game caught on pretty quickly and soon became a favourite pastime of the nobility and royalty. Language play begins with baby-talk, blossoms with pastimes, and appears in its most sophisticated and complex form in literature. It was a matter of being born into a family setting of musical pastimes. Likewise, the singing of folk songs, necessarily easy to perform, became a very popular pastime by the end of the century. In fact, he says, writing superfluous books is a quite harmless and permissible pastime, which should not be of concern to any third party. Visiting dance halls had been a very important pastime for many older people. Science as fashionable pastime has become a familiar theme in eighteenth-century studies. The siting of the baths is important in the context of their role as a leisure pastime. Distinctive vocabularies often arise within groups engaged in a common occupation, pastime, or goal. He details the development of the solo song genre into the modern practice of song recital, but laments its demise as an amateur pastime. Historical reflection on modernity was not an easy intellectual pastime for writers of his time. Furthermore, they located the pastimes they studied within a broader socioeconomic context. Coping strategies to reduce expenses included engaging in cheaper or free pastimes, to not using the television and\\or radio to cut the electricity bill. Soon finding, however, that either she or the image was unreal, she turned elsewhere for better pastime. There was a link with co-operative production, and a rejection of commercial entertainments and pastimes. 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. |
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