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单词 pastime
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pastime

noun
/ˈpɑːstaɪm/
/ˈpæstaɪm/
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  1. something that you enjoy doing when you are not working synonym hobby
    • Watching television is still the most popular national pastime.
    • Fishing is an enjoyable pastime for people of all ages.
    Synonyms interestinterest
    • hobby
    • game
    • pastime
    These are all words for activities that you do for pleasure in your spare time.
    • interest an activity or a subject that you do or study for pleasure in your spare time:
      • Her main interests are music and gardening.
    • hobby an activity that you do for pleasure in your spare time:
      • His hobbies include swimming and cooking.
    • game a children’s activity when they play with toys, pretend to be somebody else, etc.; an activity that you do to have fun:
      • a game of cops and robbers
      • He was playing games with the dog.
    • pastime an activity that people do for pleasure in their spare time:
      • Eating out is the national pastime in France.
    interest, hobby or pastime?A hobby is often more active than an interest: His main hobby is football (= he plays football).His main interest is football (= he watches and reads about football, and may or may not play it). Pastime is used when talking about people in general; when you are talking about yourself or an individual person it is more usual to use interest or hobby: Eating out is the national interest/​hobby in France.Do you have any pastimes? Patterns
    • a popular interest/​hobby/​pastime
    • to have/​share interests/​hobbies
    • to take up/​pursue a(n) interest/​hobby
    Topics Hobbiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • enjoyable
    • pleasurable
    • favourite/​favorite
    verb + pastime
    • enjoy
    • indulge in
    • pursue
    preposition
    • pastime among
    • pastime for
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    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from the verb pass (verb) + time, translating French passe-temps.
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