) : a national holiday jfe-.jg'fg.B o Today
is a holiday in
Mitt, HaPpy
Holidays! "ft
0 Jif'tfc!
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verb (Brl:) (NAmE vac-ation) [V] to
spend a holiday somewhere ft {g; She
was holidaying with her family
in
BRITISH/AMERICAN
holiday♦vacation
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You use holiday (or holidays) in BrE and vacation in
NAmE to describe
the regular periods of time when you are not at work or school, or time that
you spend travelling or resting away from home. * holiday
gjc holidays ( ) ffl vacation (
dfcli
0 ’ fg 0, :
/ get four
weeks’ holiday/vacation a year. $£
0
He’s on holiday/vacation this week. o
1
like to take my holiday/vacation in the
winter.
%//£ # ?cf^fg
0 o the
summer holidays/vacation H fg
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In NAmE a holiday (or
a public holiday) is a single
day when government offices, schools, banks and businesses are closed. holiday
public holiday fcfrfliSikfflte
0: The school will be closed Monday
because it’s a holiday. II 0,
This
is called a bank holiday in BrE.^mmbank holiday.
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The holidays is used in NAmE to refer to the time in late December and
early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year.
41,
the holidays ft ~if] "F irjfO~ftl ±ftj, ftlM;?:
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Vacation in BrE is used mainly to mean one of the
periods when universities are officially closed for the students. vacation it
im
'holiday camp noun (BrE) a place that provides accommodation
and entertainment for large numbers of people who are on holiday/vacation
jf§;fg1fi& ( H#fc]g|
holi-day-maker/'hDladeimeika(r); NAmE 'hail-; BrE also
-dimei-/ noun (BrE) (NAmE vac-ation-ei) a person who is visiting a
place on holiday/vacation ffifg#
holier-than-thou /.haulia dan '9au; NAmE .houliar/ adj. (disapproving)
showing that you think that you are morally better than other people g ^ it*
(ft H7TT
self-righteous : I can’t stand his holier-than-thou
attitude.
holi
•ness /'haulinas;
NAmE 'hou-/ noun 1 [U]
the quality of being holy 2 His/Your
Holiness [c] a
title of respect used when talking to or about the Pope and some other
religious leaders
) : His Holiness PoPe John Paul II ifcjtl
hol ism /'haulizam; hDl-; NAmE 'hou-; hail-/ noun [u] 1 the idea
that the whole of sth must be considered in order to understand its different
parts ( BPiifrM
) —compare atomism 2 the idea that the whole
of a sick person, including their body, mind and way of life, should be
considered when treating them, and not just the symptoms (= effects) of the disease
)
hoi •is-tic /hau'listik; hD'l-; NAmE hou-; ha:'l-/ adj. 1 (informal)
considering a whole thing or being to be more than a collection of parts H ^ ffi : a
holistic aPProach to
life it 2 (medical Eg)
treating the whole person rather than just the symptoms (= effects) of a disease #f 16
I14 fft : holistic medicine SH#ISE# ► Hol-is-tic-aMy /-kli/ adv.
oMand-aise sauce /.hnlalandeiz ‘so:s; NAmE ,ha:l-/ noun [U] a sauce made with butter, egg yolks (=
yellow parts) and vinegar $r ^ $ % (
& M fft ,
$ M
,
SI ^
)
hol ler /'hDl0(r); NAmE 'hail-/ verb (informal, especially NAmE) to shout loudly Di| H771 yell : [V] Don’t
holler at me! jjlj ft X X Pi| ! O [V speech] ‘Look out!’ I
hollered. [alsoVN]
hol low Otw
/‘hDlau;
NAmE ’hailou/ adj., noun, verb a adj. 1 having a hole or empty
space inside $!
a hollow ball/centre/tube fft $/ 4^1/nPftt / Hr X
o The tree trunk was hollow inside.
Eft 0
o Her stomach felt hollow with fear. M
uH# Pft jft0 2 (of parts of the face ®f$) sinking, deeply into the
face B pg|$: hollow eyes/cheeks D3 pg (ft 301 / X#[ 0 hollow-eyed from lack of sleeP ® £
$6BR B| [HI Pg fft
B [usually before noun] (of sounds r #)
making a low sound like that made by an empty object when it is hit ift {pi U
W ; ^B|nl^:
a hollow groan fft U Utf) it^ 4 [usually before noun] not sincere :
hollow promises/threats $ (ft ^ ^ ^ j^ ^
0 a
hollow laugh o Their aPPeals
for an end to the violence had a hollow ring, fife J|1 ^ # it # Jl '#J
Bf Bf o 0 His Promise rang hollow
(= did not
sound sincere). 5
[usually
before noun] without real value : to win
a
hollow victory ^ ffi 14 M ► hol-low-ly adv. : to laugh hollowly ^ hol-low-ness noun [U]: the hollowness of
the victory W) J. TtM/X
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noun 1 an area that is lower than the surface
around it, especially on the ground [HI pg &L ; */l ii &L : muddy hollows 0 The village lay secluded in a hollow
of the hills (= a small valley), ■yh®0l$/h
ill £r ^ o 0 She noticed the slight
hollows under his cheekbones. 2a
hole
or a confined space in sth p; fl; HI ^2 £KJ $ |h] : The squirrel disaPPeared
into a hollow at the base of the tree.
mm w • -fiisjo
mverb [VN] [usually
passive] to
make a flat surface curve in Jg lu!i;kti .hollow sth^ out 1 to make a hole in sth by
removing part of it Jg$ \ ) ; fSth
( M ) :
Hollow out the cake and fill it with cream. p, 2 to form sth by making a hole in sth
else JgP ( )
: The cave has been hollowed out of
the mountainside.
holly /'hDli; NAmE 'ha:li/ noun (pi.
-ies)
[u, C]
a bush or small tree with hard shiny leaves with sharp points and bright red berries in winter, often used as a decoration at Christmas : a sprig of holly
hol
ly hock /'hDlihDk;
NAmE 'ha:liha:k/ noun a tall garden plant with white, yellow, red
or purple flowers growing up its stem DU
HoMy-wood/'hnliwud;
NAmE 'hail-/ noun [U] the part of
ik;
hol mium /'haulmiam; NAmE 'houl-/ noun [U] (symb Ho) a chemical element. Holmium is a soft
silver-white metal.
holo caust /'hDlakorst; NAmE 'harla-; 'houla-/ noun 1 [C]
a situation in which many things are destroyed and many people killed,
especially because of a war or a fire ( )
***, a
nuclear holocaust 2 the Holocaust [sing.] the
killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis in the
1930s and 1940s ( 20 30 40
XXM
hologram /'hnlagrsem; NAmE 'hail-; 'houl-/ noun a special type of picture in which the
objects seem to be three-dimensional (= solid rather than flat) holograph /'hnlagraif; NAmE 'hailagraef; 'houl-/ noun (technical 7ft i§-) a piece of
writing that has been written by hand by its author