| 单词 | busman's holiday |
| 释义 | busman's holidaySEE SYNONYMS FOR busman's holiday ON THESAURUS.COM nouna vacation or day off from work spent in an activity closely resembling one's work, as a bus driver taking a long drive. Origin of busman's holidayFirst recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby busman's holidaybuskined, bus lane, bus line, busload, busman, busman's holiday, Busoni, BuSpar, buspirone hydrochloride, Busra, buss Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for busman's holidaybusman's holiday / (ˈbʌsmənz) / nouninformal a holiday spent doing the same sort of thing as one does at work Word Origin for busman's holidayC20: alluding to a bus driver having a driving holiday Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with busman's holidaybusman's holiday Free time spent in much the same pursuit as one's work. For example, Weather permitting, the lifeguard spent all her days off at the beach—a real busman's holiday. The term alludes to a bus driver spending his day off taking a long bus ride. [Late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for busman's holidaybusman's holiday A vacation during which a person engages in activity that is the same as or similar to his or her usual employment: “Our Spanish professor had a busman's holiday this year; she spent her entire vacation doing research in Spain.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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