holidays

英 [ˈhɒlədeɪz] 美 [ˈhɑːlədeɪz]

n.  假期; 度假期; 假日，节日(尤指宗教节日或国家庆典日)
v.  度假; 休假
holiday的第三人称单数和复数

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  1. 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.
    1. I've just come back from a holiday in the United States...
      我刚从美国度假回来。
    2. 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。
    3. Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort...
      伊斯基亚是个很受欢迎的海滨度假胜地。
    4. We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
      我们要去苏格兰度假。

    2. in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation

  2. 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
  3. N-PLURAL （学校的）假期
    The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school.
    1. ...the first day of the school holidays.
      学校放假的第一天

    4. in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation

  4. 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.
    1. 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。

    5. in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation

  5. VERB （外出）度假
    If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

    6. 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。

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双语例句

  1. During the Christmas holidays there's a tremendous amount of traffic between the Northeast and Florida
    在圣诞假日期间，东北地区和佛罗里达州之间的交通十分繁忙。
  2. She spends her Easter holidays taking groups of children to France
    她带领一群孩子去法国过复活节。
  3. We always take our holidays in foreign climes.
    我们总是去国外一些气候宜人的地方度假。
  4. She had worked as a call centre operator making cold calls for time-share holidays.
    她曾经在话务中心当过话务员，负责打电话推销分时度假。
  5. Package holidays are not always all they're cracked up to be.
    全包旅游并不总像人们说的那么好。
  6. During their summer holidays they cruised further afield to Normandy and Brittany.
    暑期他们乘船到更远的诺曼底和布列塔尼游览。
  7. He had suffered a serious case of food poisoning over the Christmas holidays.
    在圣诞假期里，他经历了一次严重的食物中毒。
  8. We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
    我们要去苏格兰度假。
  9. We recommend that you take out travel insurance on all holidays.
    我们建议您为所有假期都购买旅行保险。
  10. Holidays are for seeing the sights, hearing the language and savouring the smells.
    度假是为了赏风景之美，听语言之妙，品百味之香。
  11. I spent much of what I laughingly call 'the holidays' working through 621 pages of typescript
    我把我戏称为“假日”的大部分时间都花在那621页的打字稿上了。
  12. Our clothes are lightweight, fashionable, practical for holidays.
    我们的服装轻便、时尚，并且很适合度假时穿。
  13. I prefer to go on self-catering holidays
    我喜欢膳食自助的度假。
  14. It is regrettable that strike leaders seem intent on spoiling holidays.
    遗憾的是罢工领导人似乎决意要破坏节日的气氛。
  15. Holidays can be horrendous. All right, I'll rephrase that. The first few days are invariably hell
    假期可能会糟糕透顶。好吧，让我换一种说法。最初的几天总是如同炼狱。
  16. Family holidays are meant to be a break from routine.
    家庭假日就是从平淡的日常生活中解脱一下。
  17. There are no paid holidays or sick leave if you are self-employed.
    如果你是个体户，就没有带薪休假或病假。
  18. There are strong arguments for holidays at Easter and Christmas because these are special occasions
    支持复活节和圣诞节放假是有充分论据的，因为这些节日都是特殊的时刻。
  19. Ask about special offers on our new 2-week holidays.
    请垂询我们新推出的特价两周假日游。
  20. The prices of overseas holidays are subject to surcharges.
    海外度假游的价格受各种附加费的影响。
  21. It was virtually impossible to synchronise our lives so as to take holidays and weekends together
    想让我们的生活步调保持一致好一起去度假和过周末几乎是不可能的事。
  22. The advantage of group holidays is company on tap but time alone if you want it.
    团体度假的好处在于，要找人陪伴非常容易，想要独处也行。
  23. It is a commonplace fact that holidays are a major test of any relationship
    度假对任何恋爱关系都是重大考验，这是常识。
  24. For foreign holidays you will need a valid passport
    出国度假需持有效护照。
  25. Many of the fruits you've tasted on your holidays can be found in supermarkets.
    你度假时吃过的许多水果都可以在超市买到。
  26. Their mother's illness cast a damp over the holidays.
    母亲的病使他们在假日中很扫兴。
  27. She often does volunteer labour during holidays.
    放假时她常去参加义务劳动。
  28. Day and night the policemen pace the streets in the holidays.
    节日里警察昼夜沿街巡逻。
  29. He gave up holidays and other time off.
    他放弃了节日和其他休假时间。
  30. After the fun he's had during the holidays, the boy can't concentrate on his school work.
    放了几天假，这孩子的心都玩野了。
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