holiday

英 ['h?l?de?; -d?] 美['hɑl?de]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?holidays;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?holidays;過(guò)去式:?holidayed;過(guò)去分詞:?holidayed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?holidaying;

1. holy + 變 y 為 i 加 day.

holiday 假期

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)haligdaeg,神圣的日子，即holy day.其原義為宗教節(jié)日，安息日。后引申詞義假期。比較festival.

holiday: holiday: [OE] A holiday was originally a ‘holy day’, a day set aside as a religious festival. The first signs of the word being used for a ‘day on which no work is done’ (originally because of its religious significance) appear in the 14th century.
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holiday (n.): 1500s, earlier haliday (c. 1200), from Old English haligd?g "holy day; Sabbath," from halig "holy" (see holy) + d?g "day" (see day); in 14c. meaning both "religious festival" and "day of recreation," but pronunciation and sense diverged 16c. As a verb meaning "to pass the holidays" by 1869. Happy holidays is from mid-19c., in British English, with reference to summer vacation from school. As a Christmastime greeting, by 1937, American English, in Camel cigarette ads.

1. People are having to think hard about their holiday plans.: 人們現(xiàn)在得仔細(xì)地琢磨自己的度假計(jì)劃。

2. Our tour prices bore little resemblance to those in the holiday brochures.: 我們的旅游報(bào)價(jià)和那些度假手冊(cè)里的價(jià)格相去甚遠(yuǎn)。

3. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday.: 因慶祝勞工節(jié)，這個(gè)交易日交易時(shí)間縮短了。

4. They are bound to take time to readjust after a holiday.: 他們肯定需要時(shí)間重新適應(yīng)假期結(jié)束后的生活。

5. New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain.: 元旦是全英國(guó)的公眾假日。