excursion
US: /ɪkˈskɝʒən/
UK: /ɛkskˈɜːʃən/
UK: /ɛkskˈɜːʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
excursion /iks'kə:ʃn/
- danh từ
- cuộc đi chơi; cuộc đi chơi tập thể (bằng xe lửa, tàu thuỷ...) với giá hạ có định hạn ngày đi ngày về); cuộc đi tham quan
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ), (quân sự) cuộc đánh thọc ra
- (thiên văn học) sự đi trệch
- (kỹ thuật) sự trệch khỏi trục
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a short journey made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people: They've gone on an excursion to York. + There are regular weekend excursions throughout the summer.
2 ~ into sth (formal) a short period of trying a new or different activity: After a brief excursion into drama, he concentrated on his main interest, which was poetry.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 trip, tour, outing, airing, expedition, voyage, cruise, journey, junket, jaunt; ramble, stroll, walk, hike, trek, drive, ride, sail:
We left the city and took an excursion into the mountains.
2 detour, deviation, side-trip, diversion, digression, excursus:
Forgive the excursion, but I'll return to the subject in a minute.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
brief, short | day, evening, full-day, half-day, weekend | annual | organized | boat, coach, train | holiday, shopping, sightseeing
VERB + EXCURSION
go on, make
We decided to make an all-day excursion to the island.
| arrange, organize | take sb on
PREP.
~ to
He took us on an excursion to the ruined city.
Concise English dictionary
excursionsɪk'skɜːʃn
noun
+a journey taken for pleasure
+wandering from the main path of a journey
