| 单词 | whole holiday |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhole holiday whole holiday n. now chiefly historical [after half-holiday n.] a full (working) day observed or given as a holiday; cf. half-holiday n. 2.holiday, without qualification, is now the usual term. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > day or night holidaya1400 play-day1558 playing day1575 non Le1636 whole holiday1753 rest day1800 Sunday out1837 day off1853 evening out1870 stop-day1879 night off1885 night out1890 off1926 1753 E. Moore World 31 May 131 A whole holiday is granted to the school in consideration of the merit of the copy of verses which is adjudged the best. 1834 Factories Inq. Comm.: Suppl. Rep. Employm. Children in Factories ii. C.1. 291 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 167) XX. 1 They have six whole holidays and four half holidays in the year, besides Sundays. 1917 E. Ferber Fanny Herself xviii. 304 She had given the maid a whole holiday. 2001 D. Bray Hong Kong Metamorph. ii. 20 The school had a custom of having two whole holidays about a month after the beginning of term and a month before the end. < as lemmas |
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