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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
[also on/from N]
[BRIT 英]
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。
Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort...
伊斯基亚是个很受欢迎的海滨度假胜地。
We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
我们要去苏格兰度假。
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:bank holiday
;
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.
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。
Bad weather has caused dozens of flight cancellations over the holiday weekend.
恶劣的天气已经导致这个连假周末数十个航班被取消。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词](学校的)假期 The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school.
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](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.
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
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[VERB 动词](外出)度假 If you
are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there.
[V prep/adv]
[V-ing]
[oft cont]
[BRIT 英]
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
Usage Note :
Take care not to confuse holiday and holidays.
注意不要混淆 holiday 和 holidays。