half-holiday
短语n. 半日休假
词形变化
half-holidays
复数
half-holidays
释义与例句
n.
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1.
Half of a working or school day set aside for recreation on a special occasion.
1784, obituary of Daniel Wray in The Gentleman’s Magazine, Volume 54, Part 1, p. 72, His memory is still reflected on with a degree of pleasure by some […] who can revive the long-buried ideas of what passed at that school about the year 1716 or 17; when Sir Daniel was always ready, if any body was wanted, to beg a half-holiday on Tuesday afternoons.
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2.
A religious festival lasting for half a day.
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