| 单词 | holiday |
| 释义 | holiday (once / 188 pages) nv A holiday celebrates a person, anniversary, religious belief or other occasion. You might observe the Indian holiday of Holi, and take a week off of work to celebrate with your family. A holiday is an occasion recognized by the state or federal government and marked on calendars, like Thanksgiving in the United States. Most holidays are celebratory and fun, and just about all of them mean no work or school. You can also take a holiday, or vacation. Holiday comes from "holy" and "day," meaning a religious festival, and the word was even pronounced that way until the sixteenth century. WORD FAMILYholiday: holidayed, holidaying, holidays USAGE EXAMPLESThe ultra-balanced Panthers won their bracket at the Destin Holiday Classic in Florida, beating teams from Georgia, Florida and Kentucky along the way. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Trump returned to New York Monday after spending the holidays at his private club in South Florida. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) One of the highlights of the holiday season for me was attending the “It’s a Wonderful Life” Festival in Seneca Falls, New York. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico Syn|Hypo|Hyper vacation half-term a short vacation about halfway through a school term vacinformal term for vacation field day, outing, picnica day devoted to an outdoor social gathering honeymoona holiday taken by a newly married couple paid vacationa vacation from work by an employee with pay granted leisure, leisure time time available for ease and relaxation 2n a day on which work is suspended by law or custom no mail is delivered on federal holidays it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover Hypo|Hyper half-holiday a day on which half is free from work or duty feast day, fete daya day designated for feasting holy day, religious holidaya day specified for religious observance Christmas Eve, Dec 24the day before Christmas legal holiday, national holiday, public holidayauthorized by law and limiting work or official business Poppy Day, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sundaythe Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated RamanavamiHindu lunar holiday (on the 9th day of Caitra) to celebrate the birth of Rama MesasamkrantiHindu solar holiday at the beginning of the new astrological year when the sun enters the constellation Aries fast daya day designated for fasting January 1, New Year's, New Year's Daythe first day of the year Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthdayobserved on the Monday closest to January 15 Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashona, Rosh Hashonah(Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar Christian holy daya religious holiday for Christians Jewish holy daya religious holiday for Jews movable feast, moveable feasta religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years Presidents' Daythe third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington Decoration Day, Memorial Daylegal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war Fourth of July, Independence Day, July 4a legal holiday in the United States Labor Dayfirst Monday in September in the United States and Canada Columbus Day, Discovery Day, October 12a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st Dormition, Feast of Dormitioncelebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th Christmas, Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmasa Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland Boxing Dayfirst weekday after Christmas bank holidayany of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain Commonwealth Day, Empire day, May 24British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth Dominion Day, July 1a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867 14 July, Bastille Daya legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789 Armistice Day, November 11, Veterans Day, Veterans' Daya legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954 Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dayfourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Victoria Daya public holiday in Canada on the Monday on or before May 24th Id al-Fitra Muslim day of feasting at the end of Ramadan Feast of Sacrifice, Id al-Adhathe 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity day a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance 3v spend or take a vacation Syn|Hypo|Hyper vacation honeymoon spend a holiday after one's marriage pass, spend pass time in a specific way |
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