英汉词典

holiday 基本解释

• n. 假日；节日；休息日
• vi. 外出度假
• n. (Holiday)人名；(英)霍利迪

holiday 词态变化

holiday 中文词源

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.

holiday 英文词源

holiday

holiday: [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.
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holiday (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.

holiday 英文释义

1. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure;

"we get two weeks of vacation every summer"

"we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"

2. a day on which work is suspended by law or custom;

"no mail is delivered on federal holidays"

"it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"

holiday 同义词解析

holiday, festival, vacation, leave

这些名词均有"假日，节日"之意。

holiday： 指按规定不工作的各种假日，时间可长可短。在英国复数形式表示较长的假期。

festival： 指公众庆祝、欢度的节日。

vacation： 通常指时间较长的假期，如学校的寒暑假等。

leave： 主要指政府机关工作人员或军队人员获准的休假、假期。

holiday 双语例句

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。

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2. Our tour prices bore little resemblance to those in the holiday brochures.

我们的旅游报价和那些度假手册里的价格相去甚远。

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3. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。

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4. They are bound to take time to readjust after a holiday.

他们肯定需要时间重新适应假期结束后的生活。

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5. New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain.

元旦是全英国的公众假日。

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holiday 实用场景例句

She was holidaying with her family in Ireland.

她当时正和家人在爱尔兰度假。

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Happy Holidays!

节日愉快！

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Today is a holiday in Wales.

在威尔士今天是假日。

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a national holiday

全国假日

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We went on holiday together last summer.

去年夏天我们一起去度假了。

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They met while on holiday in Greece.

他们是在希腊度假时认识的。

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Where are you going for your holidays this year?

你今年要到哪里休假？

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the holiday industry

度假服务业

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a holiday cottage/home/resort

度假别墅 / 住所 / 胜地

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a family holiday

合家度假

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a foreign holiday

国外度假

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a camping/skiing/walking, etc. holiday

露营、滑雪、远足等度假

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a holiday job (= done by students during the school holidays)

（学生在学校放假时做的）假期工作

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holiday pay

假日薪金

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The package includes 20 days' paid holiday a year.

这一揽子福利包括每年20天的带薪假。

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I'm afraid Mr Walsh is away on holiday this week.

很抱歉，沃尔什先生这个星期休假去了。

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the school/summer/Christmas, etc. holidays

学校假期、暑假、圣诞节等假期

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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。

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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。

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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。

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...the first day of the school holidays.

学校放假的第一天

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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。

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New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain...

元旦是全英国的公众假日。

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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。

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I've just come back from a holiday in the United States...

我刚从美国度假回来。

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Their behavior there put all succeeding generations of Americans in their debt.

他们的行为将使美国世世代代蒙受恩泽.

辞典例句

He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.

他不愿离开办公室去度假.

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