vacation
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：
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。
Our school begins summer vacation in July every year.
我校每年七月放暑假。
We must decide between going home and staying at school during this winter vacation.
我们必须决定寒假期间是回家还是留校。
Every year my father would call a family powwow to discuss where we were going on vacation.
每年我父亲都会召开一次家庭会议，讨论我们要去哪儿度假。
During his summer vacation he visited Russia
暑假期间他去俄罗斯了。
Neff hitchhiked to New York during his Christmas vacation
内夫在圣诞节假期里搭顺风车去了纽约。