英汉词典

hobby 基本解释

• n. 嗜好；业余爱好
• n. (Hobby)人名；(英)霍比

hobby 词态变化

hobby 中文词源

缩写自hobby-horse,玩具马，竹马，词源同hop,跳。原指儿童玩的骑马游戏，引申词义业余爱好。比较诗句“郎骑竹马来，绕床弄青梅”。

hobby 英文词源

hobby

hobby: Hobby in the sense ‘pastime’ is short for hobbyhorse. This originated in the 16th century as a term for the figure of a horse used in morris dances: the element hobby, used since the 14th century for a ‘small horse’, was derived from Hob, a pet form of the man’s name Robert or Robin which survives also in hobgoblin [16]. From the morris-dance hobbyhorse was descended the toy hobbyhorse, a stick with a horse’s head on top; and the notion of ‘riding a hobbyhorse’, which could not actually take you anywhere, passed metaphorically into ‘doing something only for amusement’ – hence the meaning ‘pastime’, first recorded for hobbyhorse in the 17th century and for the shortened hobby in the early 19th century. Hobby ‘bird of prey’ [15] comes from Old French hobet, a diminutive form of hobe ‘small bird of prey’, whose origins are not known.
=> hobbyhorse, hobgoblin

hobby (n.)

late 13c., hobyn, "small horse, pony," later "mock horse used in the morris dance," and c. 1550 "child's toy riding horse," which led to hobby-horse in a transferred sense of "favorite pastime or avocation," first recorded 1670s, shortened to hobby by 1816. The connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere." Probably originally a proper name for a horse (see dobbin), a diminutive of Robert or Robin. The original hobbyhorse was a "Tourney Horse," a wooden or basketwork frame worn around the waist and held on with shoulder straps, with a fake tail and horse head attached, so the wearer appears to be riding a horse. These were part of church and civic celebrations at Midsummer and New Year's throughout England.

hobby 英文释义

1. an auxiliary activity

2. a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride

3. small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds

hobby 双语例句

1. It is only a hobby, not a life or death struggle.

这只是一项爱好，不需要拼死拼活地努力。

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2. His secret hobby: performing magic tricks.

他私底下有变戏法的嗜好。

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3. Find a hobby or interest which enthuses you.

培养一个自己喜欢的爱好或兴趣。

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4. His hobby is freefall parachuting.

他的业余爱好是自由落体式跳伞。

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5. Honesty is a favourite hobby-horse for Courau.

诚信是库罗最喜欢谈论的一个话题。

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hobby 实用场景例句

I only play jazz as a hobby.

我弹奏爵士乐只是一种业余爱好。

牛津词典

Her hobbies include swimming and gardening.

她爱好游泳和园艺。

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My hobbies are letter writing, football, music, photography, and tennis.

我的业余爱好是写信、踢足球、听音乐、玩摄影和打网球。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Reading is the only hobby I can speak of.

读书是我唯一值得一提的爱好.

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My hobby is collecting stamps. Do you have a hobby?

我爱好集邮, 你有爱好 吗 ?

辞典例句

One of them was hopping around on a hobby horse.

他们中的一个在爱马上蹦来蹦去.

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Their latest hobby is traveling, and they've been almost everywhere in Canton.

他们近来喜欢旅行, 而且几乎已经到过广东每个地方.

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Ases man should taboo bad hobby, Cultivates good sociality ability.

作为男人应该避讳不良嗜好, 培养良好的社交能力.

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He never let up on this main hobby of planting trees.

他的主要嗜好是种树,这一兴趣从未中断.

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After all, no one ever said your hobby had to stay separate from your occupation.

毕竟, 没人说过你的兴趣和工作应该绝对分隔.

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When art becomes part of daily life. relief or a hobby. life is full of happiness.

当艺术成为日常生活的一部分. 一种调剂或者爱好. 生活将是幸福的.

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A No time for anything, for any interest or hobby?

A没有时间做任何事情, 任何兴趣爱好?

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He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.

他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业.

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His hobby employs much of his time.

他的业余爱好占用他许多时间?

辞典例句

He struggled to find a hobby, having burned out on reading.

他读书读烦了, 于是想方设法地寻找业余爱好.

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He pursued his hobby of collecting old almanacs for so many years.

多年来他一直保持着收集旧历书的嗜好.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

His hobby is building replicas of cars.

他的爱好是制作汽车的复制品.

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He entered into politics as a hobby.

他参加政治活动是作为一种业余爱好.

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This is not a hobby you should go in for unless you have plenty of money.

这不是非有不可的爱好,除非你有大量的钱.

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Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.

许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好.

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Alexander's main hobby was poker.

亚历山大的主要嗜好是打扑克.

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Keeping carrier pigeons is his hobby.

养信鸽是他的业余爱好.

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She dabbles in painting as a hobby.

她学点绘画作为业余爱好.

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Growing flowers is his hobby.

种花是他的癖好.

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His secret hobby: performing magic tricks.

他私底下有变戏法的嗜好。

柯林斯例句

It is only a hobby, not a life or death struggle.

这只是一项爱好，不需要拼死拼活地努力。

柯林斯例句

Find a hobby or interest which enthuses you.

培养一个自己喜欢的爱好或兴趣。

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