| 正面 | 1974.holiday 英 ['hɒlɪdeɪ; -dɪ]美 ['hɑləde]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. holy + 变 y 为 i 加 day.n. 假日；节日；休息日vi. 外出度假n. (Holiday)人名；(英)霍利迪 例句： 1. People are having to think hard about their holiday plans.人们现在得仔细地琢磨自己的度假计划。 holiday 假期来自古英语haligdaeg,神圣的日子，即holy day.其原义为宗教节日，安息日。后引申词义假期。比较festival. holidayholiday: [OE] A holiday was originally a ‘holy day’, a day set aside as a religious festival. The first signs of the word being used for a ‘day on which no work is done’ (originally because of its religious significance) appear in the 14th century.=> holyholiday (n.)1500s, earlier haliday (c. 1200), from Old English haligdæg "holy day; Sabbath," from halig "holy" (see holy) + dæg "day" (see day); in 14c. meaning both "religious festival" and "day of recreation," but pronunciation and sense diverged 16c. As a verb meaning "to pass the holidays" by 1869. Happy holidays is from mid-19c., in British English, with reference to summer vacation from school. As a Christmastime greeting, by 1937, American English, in Camel cigarette ads." |