busman's holiday

短语

n. 用来作日常工作的假日

发音

UK /ˌbʌsmənz ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/
AU
UK /-di/
US /ˌbʌsmənz ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/

词形变化

busman's holidays 复数 busman's holidays busmen's holidays busmen's holidays 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A holiday or vacation during which one does something similar to what one does as work.

    习语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

vacationing

词源

From busman + -’s + holiday, from the idea that a bus driver, to go off on a holiday, would take an excursion by bus or go on a long drive and thereby engage in a similar activity to his work.

来源：wiktionary