holiday是什么意思

holiday

英 ['h?l?de?; -d?] 美 ['hɑl?de]

1. holy + 變 y 為 i 加 day.

holiday 假期

來自古英語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劃。

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

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

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