English Dictionary

holiday

/ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/

noun

A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed. / A day declared free from work by the state or government.

I am going on a holiday next week.

意味（1）

A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

Today is a Wiccan holiday!

意味（2）

A day declared free from work by the state or government.

意味（3）

(chiefly UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

意味（4）

(chiefly UK, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).

I want to take a French course this summer holiday.

意味（5）

(finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.

a mortgage payment holiday

意味（6）

A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.