holiday

1. N-COUNT A holiday is a day when people do not go to work or school because of a religious or national celebration. 公眾假日

New Year's Day is a public holiday. 元旦是公休日。

2. →see also bank holiday

3. N-COUNT 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. (外出度過的) 假期[英國英語]

During his summer holiday he visited Russia. 暑假期間他游覽了俄羅斯。

4. N-PLURAL Theholidays are the time when children do not have to go to school. (學(xué)校的) 假期[英國英語]

5. N-UNCOUNT 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. (工作) 假期[英國英語]

The French get five to six weeks' holiday a year. 法國人一年有5到6周的假期。

6. V-I If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there. (外出) 度假[英國英語]

Myles holidayed in Jamaica. 邁爾斯在牙買加度了假。