[mass noun]leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a missionary (尤指公职人员或传教士的)休假 a civil servant home on furlough. 在家休假的公务员。 [count noun]a six-week furlough in Australia. 在澳大利亚的六个星期的休假。
verb
[with obj.][usu. as adj. furloughed](US)grant such leave of absence to (美)准…休假 furloughed workers. 获准休假的工人。
语源
early 17th cent.: from Dutch verlof, modelled on German Verlaub, of West Germanic origin and related to leave