vacation
音标发音
- 英式音标 [vəˈkeɪʃn; veɪ-]
- 美式音标 [vəˈkeɪʃn; veɪ-]
- 国际音标 [və'keiʃən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 假期;(房屋)搬出
- vi. 休假,度假
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自古法语的vacation;最初源自拉丁语的vacationem,意为免于义务。
词根记忆
- vac(空的) + ation→有空的→假期;休假
- vac(空的) + ation→有空→度假
同根派生
- n性质的同根词
- vac:休假;真空吸尘器。
- vacationer:休假者;度假者。
- vacationist:休假者,度假者。
- vi性质的同根词
- vacate:空出,腾出;辞职;休假。
- vt性质的同根词
- vacate:空出,搬出;取消;使撤退。
用法辨析
- vacation的基本意思是“假期,休假”,主要用于大学停课放假长达多周的假日或法院停止开庭,在美式英语中,凡是较长时间的休假都可用这个词。
- 在固定短语on vacation中, vacation前不用冠词; 在get a vacation, spend a vacation, take a vacation等短语中, vacation须用不定冠词a; 而在long vacation,Christmas vacation等短语前通常有定冠词the。
- 一般很少在vacation前加the。They are on vacation. 他们正在度假中。
- vacation前也有加the的时候,如the summer vacation和the Christmas vacation;
- 英式英语中,vacation一般表示法院和大学的假期,而美式英语中,vacation表示任何假期;
- 在美国,vacation作动词时指“休假”。They are vacationing at the seaside. 他们在海边休假。
n. (名词)
词组短语
- go on vacation 去度假
- spend a vacation 度假
- take a vacation 去度假
- extended vacation 长假
- long vacation 大学暑假;法院夏季休庭
- paid vacation 带薪休假(如事假、病假、休假等)
用作名词 (n.)
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英英字典
- a time when someone does not go to work or school but is free to do what they want, such as travel or relax
- A vacation is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home.
- A vacation is a period of the year when schools, universities, and colleges are officially closed.
- 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.
- If you are vacationing in a place away from home, you are on vacation there.
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专业释义
- 度假
Vacation tourism is a kind of mature product in the world.
在国际上,度假旅游已经是一种比较成熟的旅游活动。 - 休假
Nowadays, the debate on vacation model is heated.
近年来,关于我国休假制度、休假模式未来发展方向的争论日益激烈。计算机科学技术
- 休假
M/G/1 single vacation queue with exhaustive service is the expansion of classical queuing theory,and it has been applied to many fields.
空竭服务单重休假M/G/1型排队系统是经典排队系统的推广,在许多领域有着广泛的应用。法学
- 休庭期
- 假期
- 假期