| 单词 | long weekend |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong weekend long weekend n. (a) a holiday that includes one or more of the days preceding or following the weekend in addition to the weekend itself, often as the result of a public holiday falling on a Friday or Monday; (b) figurative the period between the First World War (1914–18) and the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > weekend weekend1879 long weekend1899 society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > time of > time between or after war > specific long weekend1899 1899 Liverpool Mercury 16 June 8/3 Those who had looked forward to Whitsuntide with the hope of spending a long week-end in the country or at the seaside. 1940 R. Graves & A. S. Hodge (title) The long week-end: a social history of Great Britain 1918–1939. 1968 ‘E. Peters’ Grass Widow's Tale ii. 24 I'm heading north..for a long week-end. 2002 M. Connelly Great War, Memory & Ritual 2 It was the bitter, disillusioned period of the long weekend. 2002 Ski Feb. 52/2 Most [driving trips] involve taking a long weekend, not only to maximize skiing, but also because driving on Thursdays and Mondays makes traffic less of an issue. < as lemmas |
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