| 单词 | winter holiday |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter holiday winter holiday n. (a) a fixed period in winter during which a school, university, etc., closes (usually in plural, with the); (b) a holiday taken in the winter.The more usual term for sense (b) in North American usage, and also for sense (a) in U.S. usage, is winter vacation n. ΚΠ 1772 S. Pegge tr. W. Fitzstephen Descr. London 50 In the winter holidays, the youth are entertained in a morning with boars fighting. 1869 Glasgow Herald 1 Jan. 6/5 Lord Provost Chambers, at present enjoying a short winter holiday abroad. 1876 Brit. Friend 1 Dec. 329/1 Wanted, after the Winter Holidays, a thoroughly efficient Teacher. 1914 Harper's Mag. Dec. 38/1 It has been assumed that the winter holiday is undertaken in search of warm weather. 1999 K. C. Wright & J. F. Davie Forecasting Future 126 They find themselves overloaded with demands for their time as the needs of students increase, the marking period ends, or the winter holidays approach. 2008 Nespresso No. 2. 17/1 A winter holiday at a Japanese hot spring inn. < as lemmas |
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