| 单词 | furlough |
| 释义 | furlough /ferr"loh/, n. 1. Mil. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person. 2. a usually temporary layoff from work: Many plant workers have been forced to go on furlough. 3. a temporary leave of absence authorized for a prisoner from a penitentiary. v.t. 4. to grant a furlough to. 5. to lay (an employee or worker) off from work, usually temporarily. [1615-25; var. of earlier furlogh, furloff < D verlof leave, permission; current pronunciation by assoc. with DOUGH, etc.] |
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