vacation

vacation
noun

a fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts
（大学）假期，（法庭）休庭期
■(chiefly N. Amer.)a holiday
(主北美)假期，休息日
he took a vacation in the south of France.
他在法国南部度假。
people come here on vacation.
人们到这里来度假。
[mass noun]the action of leaving something one previously occupied
退出，辞去
his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship.
婚姻是他辞去会员资格的理由。

verb

[no obj.](chiefly US)take a holiday
(主美)度假
I was vacationing in Europe with my family.
当时我和家人在欧洲度假。

派生
vacationer
noun
vacationist
noun
语源

late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare 'be unoccupied' (see vacate)

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