英语词汇“holiday”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	holiday
释义	hol·i·day I. \ˈhäləˌdā, chiefly Brit -_di\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hāligdæg, from hālig holy + dæg day — more at holy, day 1. : holy day 2. a. : a day on which one is exempt from one's usual labor or vocational activity < had a holiday on the day the boss's daughter was married > b. : a time of release from work : festivity, celebration — usually used in the phrase to make holiday < the people who are making holiday flock to the beaches > c. chiefly Britain : vacation < everbody is on holiday in August — Joy Packer > < went on holiday for two weeks > — often used in plural with the < worried about how to keep the child occupied for the holidays > d. : a period of exemption (as from a tax or from fear) < tax holidays up to ten years — J.P.McEvoy > < gave myself a holiday from sad forebodings — Mary B. Chesnut > : a period of relief < a holiday from periodical literature — Aldous Huxley > 3. a. : a day marked by a general cessation from work as an act of public commemoration of some event and often accompanied by public ceremonies and parades — see legal holiday, national holiday b. : a good time : a festive occasion < massacring soldiers to make a despot's holiday — H.R.G.Greaves > 4. : a spot accidentally left uncovered on a coated or painted surface II. adjective : of, belonging to, or befitting a holiday : festive, carefree < holiday reading > < wearing holiday clothes > < a face with a holiday look > < holiday atmosphere on the excursion boat > III. intransitive verb : to take or spend a holiday especially in a journey or at a resort < holidaying in the country >
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