holiday

noun

1. 假期
   a period of time when you are not at work or school
   1. the school/summer/Christmas, etc. holidays
      学校假期、暑假、圣诞节等假期
   2. 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。
   3. 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。
   4. holiday pay
      假日薪金
   5. a holiday job (= done by students during the school holidays)
      （学生在学校放假时做的）假期工作
2. 度假期
   a period of time spent travelling or resting away from home
   1. a camping/skiing/walking, etc. holiday
      露营、滑雪、远足等度假
   2. a family holiday
      合家度假
   3. a foreign holiday
      国外度假
   4. a holiday cottage/home/resort
      度假别墅 / 住所 / 胜地
   5. the holiday industry
      度假服务业
   6. Where are you going for your holidays this year?
      你今年要到哪里休假？
   7. They met while on holiday in Greece.
      他们是在希腊度假时认识的。
   8. We went on holiday together last summer.
      去年夏天我们一起去度假了。
3. 假日，节日（尤指宗教节日或国家庆典日）
   a day when most people do not go to work or school, especially because of a religious or national celebration
   1. a national holiday
      全国假日
   2. Today is a holiday in Wales.
      在威尔士今天是假日。
4. 节日假期（从十二月到一月上旬，包括圣诞节、修殿节和新年）
   the time in December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year
   1. Happy Holidays!
      节日愉快！

verb

1. 度假；休假
   to spend a holiday somewhere
   1. She was holidaying with her family in Ireland.
      她当时正和家人在爱尔兰度假。

1. N-COUNT （外出度过的）假期
   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.
   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


2. 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
3. N-PLURAL （学校的）假期
   The holidays are 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


4. 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


5. VERB （外出）度假
   If you are holidaying in 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 confuse holiday and holidays.
注意不要混淆 holiday 和 holidays。

1. They usually have a walking holiday at Easter
   复活节假期他们通常都会去徒步旅行。
2. The government declared Easter Monday a public holiday.
   政府宣布复活节后的星期一是公共假日。
3. He's bronzed from a short holiday in California.
   他在加利福尼亚度过了一段短暂假期，皮肤晒成了古铜色。
4. You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in the UK
   在英国度假，只有赌天气了。
5. The detective changed his holiday dates when his flight was brought forward and it now clashed with the trial.
   由于航班提前，侦探更改了度假日期，但是这样一来就和审判冲突了。
6. The average German will enjoy 40 days 'paid holiday this year
   今年，德国人将平均享受40天的带薪假期。
7. The town has a festive holiday atmosphere
   镇子上充盈着一种节日的喜庆气氛。
8. I've just come back from a holiday in the United States
   我刚从美国度假回来。
9. 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。
10. Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort
    伊斯基亚是个很受欢迎的海滨度假胜地。
11. We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
    我们要去苏格兰度假。
12. New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain
    元旦是全英国的公众假日。
13. 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。
14. Bad weather has caused dozens of flight cancellations over the holiday weekend.
    恶劣的天气已经导致这个连假周末数十个航班被取消。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music.
    简短地问了一下圣诞假期之后，他又回到了音乐的话题上。
19. He has rightly interrupted his holiday in Spain to return to London
    他马上中止了在西班牙的度假回到伦敦。
20. She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America
    她计划去埃及和美国度长假。
21. She has gone on holiday with her husband to try to patch up their marriage
    她和她丈夫一起去度假了，以期弥合他们婚姻的裂隙。
22. We come here once a year expecting a quiet, relaxing holiday.
    我们每年来这里一次，期待度过一个安静而放松的假期。
23. 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。
24. By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money
    到假期结束时，我已经花光了自己所有的钱。
25. He started with a good holiday in Key West, Florida.
    他先去佛罗里达的基韦斯特岛度了个愉快的假期。
26. I've never taken a holiday since starting this job
    自从做这份工作起，我就没有休过假。
27. The brochure offers a wide choice of hotels, apartments and holiday homes
    这本小册子提供了很多宾馆、公寓、度假屋供选择。
28. He works all the year round without a holiday.
    他一年到头工作。没有假日。
29. I enjoyed an agreeable holiday this summer.
    今年夏天我度过了一个愉快的假期。
30. The date of the holiday has been advanced.
    假期提前了。

  holiday leave vacation【导航词义：假期】

  holiday n. 〈英〉假日，假期

〔辨析〕通常指不用上班、上学的一段时间，也可指一两天的短假期。

  leave n. 假期，假日

〔辨析〕指得到批准的请假，尤指军人的休假。

  vacation n. 〈尤美〉假期，休假

〔辨析〕在英国通常指大学的寒暑假或法庭的休庭期，在美国可指任何假期。

noun

1. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
   1. we get two weeks of vacation every summer
   2. we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico

   Synonym:    vacation

2. a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
   1. no mail is delivered on federal holidays
   2. it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover

verb

1. spend or take a vacation

   Synonym:    vacation