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

• We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
  我们要去苏格兰度假。
• 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。
• Their mother's illness cast a damp over the holidays.
  母亲的病使他们在假日中很扫兴。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。