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

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （外出度过的）假期
  Aholidayis a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as theirholidays.
  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。

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 holidaysare 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

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.
  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。

in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation


• VERB （外出）度假
  If youare holidayingin 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。

in AM, use 美国英语用 vacation


Take care not to confuseholidayandholidays.
注意不要混淆 holiday 和 holidays。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• For foreign holidays you will need a valid passport
  出国度假需持有效护照。
• 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。
• We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
  我们要去苏格兰度假。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。