释义 |
half-holidayˌhalf-ˈholiday noun [countable]  - A half-holiday was granted in celebration: a reminder of the days when Pemberton granted half-holidays to celebrate his birthday.
- Decorations for bravery won by past pupils were announced at morning prayers, and invariably earned the boys a half-holiday.
British English old-fashioned an afternoon in which children do not have to go school SYN half day |