Picture the desk with nobody at it and the classroom with the lights off. A vacation is a stretch of time when the working slot is left empty — you might travel, you might sleep in, but what makes it a vacation is that the usual duty is not there. Notice how close it looks to vacant (empty) and (to leave a place empty); that family resemblance is a handy hook.

可以想成:桌子還在,位子上沒人;教室還在,燈是關的。vacation 是一段「該做的事被空出來」的時間——你可能去旅行,也可能只是睡到中午,但讓它成為 vacation 的,是那個平常的職責暫時不在。順帶留意它和 vacant(空的)、vacate(騰空)長得多像,這組字面上的家族相似很好記。另外提醒:英式英語日常說假期多半用 holiday,vacation 是美式的主力用字。

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原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

VACationnoun

  • 1

    slangvideo-gamesA user's enforced absence from the Steam video-gaming service and its community, as a result of being banned for cheating.

vacationnoun/vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/

  • 1

    An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.

    • We were on vacation in Florida this year.
  • 2

    An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.

    • Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.
  • 3

    A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.

  • 4

    The act of vacating something; moving out.

    • The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
  • 5

    lawThe act of making legally void.

  • 6

    Freedom from some business or activity.

  • 7

    obsoleteFree time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.

    • The first exploited his, sundrie waies, and excelleth in military exploits, and utilitie of his publike vacations.

vacationverb/vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/

  • 1

    To spend or take a vacation.

    • This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

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