holidays

英 [ˈhɒlədeɪz]

美 [ˈhɑːlədeɪz]

n.  假期; 度假期; 假日，节日(尤指宗教节日或国家庆典日)
v.  度假; 休假
holiday的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （外出度过的）假期
  Aholidayis a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as theirholidays.
  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


• 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
• N-PLURAL （学校的）假期
  The holidaysare 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


• 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


• VERB （外出）度假
  If youare holidayingin 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 confuseholidayandholidays.
注意不要混淆 holiday 和 holidays。

双语例句

• Their mother's illness cast a damp over the holidays.
  母亲的病使他们在假日中很扫兴。
• We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
  我们要去苏格兰度假。
• She had worked as a call centre operator making cold calls for time-share holidays.
  她曾经在话务中心当过话务员，负责打电话推销分时度假。
• It is regrettable that strike leaders seem intent on spoiling holidays.
  遗憾的是罢工领导人似乎决意要破坏节日的气氛。
• There are strong arguments for holidays at Easter and Christmas because these are special occasions
  支持复活节和圣诞节放假是有充分论据的，因为这些节日都是特殊的时刻。
• She often does volunteer labour during holidays.
  放假时她常去参加义务劳动。
• After the fun he's had during the holidays, the boy can't concentrate on his school work.
  放了几天假，这孩子的心都玩野了。
• During the Christmas holidays there's a tremendous amount of traffic between the Northeast and Florida
  在圣诞假日期间，东北地区和佛罗里达州之间的交通十分繁忙。
• Package holidays are not always all they're cracked up to be.
  全包旅游并不总像人们说的那么好。
• Our clothes are lightweight, fashionable, practical for holidays.
  我们的服装轻便、时尚，并且很适合度假时穿。