pastime

noun

/ˈpɑːstaɪm/

/ˈpæstaɪm/

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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 interest
interest
- 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 Dictionary
adjective
- 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.

单词	pastime
释义	pastime noun /ˈpɑːstaɪm/ /ˈpæstaɪm/ jump to other results 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 See full entry Word Originlate 15th cent.: from the verb pass (verb) + time, translating French passe-temps.
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