holiday
单词辨析：
通常指不用上班、上学的一段时间，也可指一两天的短假期。
Phone calls always spoil my holidays.
电话总是弄得我过不好假日。
The school holiday starts the day after tomorrow.
学校假期从后天开始。
The manager is away on holiday until July.
经理一直休假到7月。
指得到批准的请假，尤指军人的休假。
He's asked for a month's leave.
他已请了一个月的假。
I'm in command of the regiment while the colonel's on leave.
上校休假时，我指挥这个团。
在英国通常指大学的寒暑假或法庭的休庭期，在美国可指任何假期。
What are you going to do for the winter vacation?
寒假你打算做什么？
How much vacation does he get at his new job?
他的新工作有多少天的假期？
相关例句：
The date of the holiday has been advanced.
假期提前了。
You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in the UK
在英国度假，只有赌天气了。
He invited her to spend the Fourth of July holiday at his summer home on Fire Island
他邀请她去自己在法尔岛上的消夏寓所过美国独立纪念日。
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of holidaying abroad
品尝当地菜肴是海外度假的乐趣之一。
Every worker will be entitled to four weeks 'paid holiday a year.
每位工人每年都能享受4周的带薪休假。
I enjoyed an agreeable holiday this summer.
今年夏天我度过了一个愉快的假期。