holidays

英 [ˈhɒlədeɪz]

美 [ˈhɑːlədeɪz]

n.  假期; 度假期; 假日，节日(尤指宗教节日或国家庆典日)
v.  度假; 休假
holiday的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （外出度过的）假期
  Aholidayis a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as theirholidays.
  1. I've just come back from a holiday in the United States...
     我刚从美国度假回来。
  2. 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。
  3. Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort...
     伊斯基亚是个很受欢迎的海滨度假胜地。
  4. 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


• See also:New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain...He invited her to spend the Fourth of July holiday at his summer home on Fire Island...Bad weather has caused dozens of flight cancellations over the holiday weekend.bank holiday
• N-PLURAL （学校的）假期
  The holidaysare the time when children do not have to go to school.
  1. ...the first day of the school holidays.
     学校放假的第一天

in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation


• 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.
  1. 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。

in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation


• VERB （外出）度假
  If youare holidayingin a place away from home, you are on holiday there.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation


Take care not to confuseholidayandholidays.
注意不要混淆 holiday 和 holidays。

双语例句

• We always take our holidays in foreign climes.
  我们总是去国外一些气候宜人的地方度假。
• During their summer holidays they cruised further afield to Normandy and Brittany.
  暑期他们乘船到更远的诺曼底和布列塔尼游览。
• She often does volunteer labour during holidays.
  放假时她常去参加义务劳动。
• It is a commonplace fact that holidays are a major test of any relationship
  度假对任何恋爱关系都是重大考验，这是常识。
• I spent much of what I laughingly call 'the holidays' working through 621 pages of typescript
  我把我戏称为“假日”的大部分时间都花在那621页的打字稿上了。
• During the Christmas holidays there's a tremendous amount of traffic between the Northeast and Florida
  在圣诞假日期间，东北地区和佛罗里达州之间的交通十分繁忙。
• There are no paid holidays or sick leave if you are self-employed.
  如果你是个体户，就没有带薪休假或病假。
• Our clothes are lightweight, fashionable, practical for holidays.
  我们的服装轻便、时尚，并且很适合度假时穿。
• Family holidays are meant to be a break from routine.
  家庭假日就是从平淡的日常生活中解脱一下。
• It was virtually impossible to synchronise our lives so as to take holidays and weekends together
  想让我们的生活步调保持一致好一起去度假和过周末几乎是不可能的事。