vacation
[veɪ'keɪ.ʃən] noun
IMPROVER countable or uncountable US
■a holiday, especially when you are travelling away from home for pleasure （尤指出游的）假期，休假•We're taking a vacation in June.我们六月份要去渡假。 •They went to Europe on vacation.他们去欧洲渡假了。 •I've still got some vacation left before the end of the year.我到年底之前还剩了一些假期。 countable mainly US (UK informal vac)
■a period of the year when schools or colleges are closed, or when law courts do not operate （学校的）假期；（法院的）休庭期•the Christmas/Easter/summer/long vacation圣诞节假期／复活节假期／暑假／长假期 |