holiday
US: /ˈhɑɫəˌdeɪ/, /ˈhɑɫɪˌdeɪ/
UK: /hˈɒlɪdˌeɪ/
UK: /hˈɒlɪdˌeɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
holiday /'hɔlədi/
- danh từ
- ngày lễ, ngày nghỉ
- to be on holiday: nghỉ
- to make holiday: nghỉ, mở hội nghị tưng bừng
- (số nhiều) kỳ nghỉ (hè, đông...)
- the summer holidays: kỳ nghỉ hè
- (định ngữ) (thuộc) ngày lễ, (thuộc) ngày nghỉ
- holiday clothes: quần áo đẹp diện ngày lễ
- holiday task: bài làm ra cho học sinh làm trong thời gian nghỉ
- ngày lễ, ngày nghỉ
- nội động từ
- nghỉ, nghỉ hè
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [U] (also holidays [pl.]) (both BrE) (AmE vacation) a period of time when you are not at work or school: the school / summer / Christmas holidays + I'm afraid Mr Walsh is away on holiday this week. + The package includes 20 days' paid holiday a year. + holiday pay + a holiday job (= done by students during the school holidays)
2 [C] (BrE) (AmE vacation) a period of time spent travelling or resting away from home: a camping / skiing / walking holiday + an adventure holiday + a family / foreign holiday + a holiday cottage / home / resort + the holiday industry + a holiday atmosphere / romance + Where are you going for your holidays this year? + a two-week holiday in the sun + They met while on holiday in Greece. + I haven't had a decent holiday for years.
see also BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY, PACKAGE TOUR
3 [C] a day when most people do not go to work or school, especially because of a religious or national celebration: a national holiday + Today is a holiday in Wales.
see also BANK HOLIDAY, PUBLIC HOLIDAY
4 (holidays) [pl.] (AmE) the time in December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year: Happy Holidays!
Idioms see HIGH adj.
+ verb (BrE) (AmE vacation) [V] to spend a holiday somewhere: She was holidaying with her family in Ireland. + We often holidayed together.
BRITISH / AMERICAN
holiday / vacation
You use holiday (or holidays) in BrE and vacation in AmE to describe the regular periods of time when you are not at work or school, or time that you spend travelling or resting away from home: I get four weeks' holiday/vacation a year. + He's on holiday/vacation this week. + I like to take my holiday/vacation in the winter. + the summer holidays/vacation.
In AmE a holiday (or a public holiday) is a single day when government offices, schools, banks and businesses are closed: The school will be closed Monday because it's a holiday. This is called a bank holiday in BrE.
The holidays is used in AmE to refer to the time in late December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year.
Vacation in BrE is used mainly to mean one of the periods when universities are officially closed for the students.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 time off, break, recess, respite, leave (of absence), furlough, sabbatical, Chiefly US vacation:
We spent our holiday in Ibiza this year.
2 festival, feast, celebration, fête or fete; gala, fair, red-letter day, event:
Where are you going over the Christmas holiday?
Collocation dictionary
1 period of time away from home for pleasure
ADJ.
enjoyable, exciting, fun-filled, good, lovely, wonderful | disastrous
We had a disastrous camping holiday.
| dream
What would be your dream holiday?
| foreign, overseas | summer, winter | 7-night, two-week, etc. | package | family | activity, adventure, camping, skiing
I learned to windsurf on an activity holiday.
VERB + HOLIDAY
go on, have, take
We're going on holiday to France this summer. Are you having a holiday this year?
| book
Have you booked your summer holiday yet?
| cancel
I got ill and had to cancel my holiday.
HOLIDAY + NOUN
destination, resort, venue
a popular seaside holiday resort
| accommodation, cottage, home
They also have a holiday home at the seaside.
| camp, complex, village | period, season
The pool is open throughout the holiday season.
| brochure | business, company, firm
The recession hit the package holiday business hard.
| insurance
You should take out holiday insurance before you leave.
| arrangements, plans | romance
Their holiday romance turned into a lasting relationship.
| photos, snaps
PREP.
on (a) ~
They met while on holiday in Spain.
PHRASES
a holiday of a lifetime
This is your chance to win the holiday of a lifetime.
2 period of rest from work/school
ADJ.
annual, Christmas, Easter, summer
The centre is now closed for the Christmas holidays.
| school | paid
VERB + HOLIDAY
be entitled to, get, have
You are entitled to 24 days' paid holiday per year. I have three weeks' holiday a year.
| take
I'm taking the rest of my holiday in October.
| spend
She spent her holiday decorating the flat.
| need
I really need a holiday!
HOLIDAY + NOUN
time | entitlement | pay | job
She had a holiday job as a gardener when she was a student.
PREP.
during the ~s
It can be difficult to keep children occupied during the long summer holidays.
| in the ~s
My aunt's coming to stay in the holidays.
| on ~
I'm afraid Mr Adamek is on holiday this week.
3 day when people do not go to work/school
ADJ.
bank, national, public, religious
HOLIDAY + NOUN
weekend
The roads will be busy on Monday as it's a holiday weekend.
Concise English dictionary
holidays'hɑlɪdeɪ /'hɒlɪdeɪ ,-dɪ
noun
+leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
+a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
verb
+spend or take a vacation
