holiday

英['hɒlɪdeɪ;-dɪ]美['hɑləde]

复数: holidays;第三人称单数: holidays;过去式: holidayed;过去分词: holidayed;现在分词: holidaying;

1. holy + 变 y 为 i 加 day.

holiday 假期

来自古英语haligdaeg,神圣的日子，即holy day.其原义为宗教节日，安息日。后引申词义假期。比较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.
=> holy
holiday (n.): 1500s, earlier haliday (c. 1200), from Old English haligdæg "holy day; Sabbath," from halig "holy" (see holy) + dæg "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.: 人们现在得仔细地琢磨自己的度假计划。

2. Our tour prices bore little resemblance to those in the holiday brochures.: 我们的旅游报价和那些度假手册里的价格相去甚远。

3. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday.: 因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。

4. They are bound to take time to readjust after a holiday.: 他们肯定需要时间重新适应假期结束后的生活。