- N-COUNT (外出度过的)假期
A holiday is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as their holidays.
- I've just come back from a holiday in the United States...
我刚从美国度假回来。 - We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday...
我们打电话给邓肯,问他要去哪里度假。 - Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort...
伊斯基亚是个很受欢迎的海滨度假胜地。 - We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
我们要去苏格兰度假。
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
- See also: New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain... He invited her to spend the Fourth of July holiday at his summer home on Fire Island... Bad weather has caused dozens of flight cancellations over the holiday weekend. bank holiday
- N-PLURAL (学校的)假期
The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school.
- ...the first day of the school holidays.
学校放假的第一天
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
- N-UNCOUNT (不上班的)休假期
If you have a particular number of days' or weeks' holiday, you do not have to go to work for that number of days or weeks.
- Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paid holiday a year.
每位工人每年都能享受4周的带薪休假。
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
- VERB (外出)度假
If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there.
- Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of holidaying abroad...
品尝当地菜肴是海外度假的乐趣之一。 - Vacant rooms on the campus were being used by holidaying families.
校园里的闲置宿舍住着一些度假的家庭。
in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation
Take care not to confuse holiday and holidays.
注意不要混淆 holiday 和 holidays。