• n. 假日；節日；休息日
• vi. 外出度假
• n. (Holiday)人名；(英)霍利迪

來自古英語haligdaeg,神圣的日子，即holy day.其原義為宗教節日，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.

人們現在得仔細地琢磨自己的度假計劃。

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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。

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3. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

因慶祝勞工節，這個交易日交易時間縮短了。

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4. They are bound to take time to readjust after a holiday.

他們肯定需要時間重新適應假期結束后的生活。

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5. New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain.

元旦是全英國的公眾假日。

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