vacations

英 [veɪˈkeɪʃnz]

美 [veɪˈkeɪʃnz]

n.  (英国大学的)假期; (美国学校的)假期; (法庭的)休庭期
v.  度假
vacation的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （大学或美国大中小学的）假期
  Avacationis a period of the year when universities and colleges, and in the United States also schools, are officially closed.
  1. During his summer vacation he visited Russia...
     暑假期间他去俄罗斯了。
  2. Did you have a lot of reading during the vacation?
     放假期间你读了很多书吗？
• N-COUNT 假日;休假
  Avacationis a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home.
  1. They planned a late summer vacation in Europe...
     他们打算夏末去欧洲度假。
  2. We went on vacation to Puerto Rico.
     我们去了波多黎各度假。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 holiday


• N-UNCOUNT 休息日;假期
  If you have a particular number of days' or weeks'vacation, you do not have to go to work for that number of days or weeks.
  1. The French get five to six weeks' vacation a year.
     法国人每年有5到6周的假期。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 holiday


• VERB （离家在某地）度假
  If youare vacationingin a place away from home, you are on vacation there.
  1. Myles vacationed in Jamaica...
     迈尔斯去了牙买加度假。
  2. He was vacationing and couldn't be reached for comment.
     他当时正在度假，无法联系到他征求意见。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 holiday

双语例句

• For four years, we spent our childhood holidays and vacations in the historic house.
  那4年时间，我们在这幢有历史意义的房子里度过了我们孩童时代的节假日。
• Long vacations would give us time to do things like volunteering.
  长的假期将给我们有时间来做一些事，像自愿服务。
• You don't have any more vacations to sell.
  你再没有假期可哄骗我了。
• Becky and John enjoyed camping in our big national forests on their vacations.
  贝基和约翰喜欢假期中去我们广袤的国家森林野营。
• Foreign vacations have become commonplace
  去国外度假已经变得很平常了。
• Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened
  假期延长，工作周就缩短了。
• We can also spend vacations in Huizhou as well.
  我们还可以在惠州度假。
• In twenty years of marriage he has only taken two proper vacations.
  结婚二十年里，他只像样地度过两次假。
• Anna: we sometimes take vacations of our own, and next month I'm taking mine.
  安娜：我们有时候利用自己的假期度假，下个月我将利用我的假期。
• Other people spend their summer vacations indoors.
  还有些人是在室内度过暑假的。