holiday的读法

1. 假日，休息日
2. 节日，圣日
3. 节日假期（从 12 月到 1 月上旬，包括圣诞节、修殿节和新年）
4. 假期
5. 宗教节日，祭日
6. (涂漆施工中偶然发生的)漏涂，漏点，空斑
7. (一件)忘了做的工作

1. 节日的
2. 节日适用的
3. 欢乐的，快活的，愉快的，悠闲自得的，活泼的

1. (外出)度假，休假

1. [C]假期 a time of rest from work

1.（外出度过的）假期
Aholiday is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as theirholidays.

e.g. I've just come back from aholiday in the United States...
我刚从美国度假回来。
e.g. We rang Duncan to ask where he was going onholiday...
我们打电话给邓肯，问他要去哪里度假。

2.公众假日;节日
Aholiday is a day when people do not go to work or school because of a religious or national festival.

e.g. New Year's Day is a publicholiday throughout Britain...
元旦是全英国的公众假日。
e.g. He invited her to spend the Fourth of Julyholiday 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。

3.（学校的）假期
The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school.

e.g. ...the first day of the school holidays.
学校放假的第一天

4.（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.

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e.g. Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paidholiday a year.
每位工人每年都能享受4周的带薪休假。

5.（外出）度假
If youare holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there.

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e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

1. We've been given two days more holiday.
   我们又多得到两天假日。
2. The Fourth of July is the national holiday of the US.
   7月4日是美国国庆节。
3. His summer holidays was spent with his mother.
   整个暑假他都和他母亲一起度过。
4. My holiday plans are fluid.
   我的度假计划是可以改变的。
5. I hope your holiday will be beneficial.
   我希望你的假期会对你有益。
6. The children were full of excitement at the thought of their coming holiday.
   想到假期即将来临,孩子们十分激动。
7. He enjoyed every minute of his holiday.
   他整个假期都过得很快活。
8. We had a gay holiday.
   我们度过了一个快乐的假期。
9. The pupils have two long holidays every year.
   学生们每年有两次长假。
10. She is very brown after her holiday in Greece.
    在希腊度假后,她皮肤晒黑了。
11. For the well-to-do a summer holiday out of town is not uncommon.
    对于富人来说,夏天离城度假并不少见。
12. We're going to Brighton for our holidays.
    我们将去布赖顿度假。

• Glomax thought that Tony had been idle, and had made a holiday of the day.

  出自：A. Trollope

• He was sure she would find a nice holiday abroad very restorative.

  出自：A. S. Byatt

• Separated at school the boys remained apart during the holidays.

  出自：J. Mortimer

• He was holidaying in a hotel with a magnificent view.

  出自：R. P. Graves

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的holidei，意为祭神的日子。