Definition of vacation in English:

vacation

noun veɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n

1A fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts.
（大学的）假期；（法庭的）休庭期
the Easter vacation
Example sentencesExamples
- I am staring a three-and-a-bit months University vacation in the face.
- Next time the kids are on school vacation, I'm hiring a sitter and going to work.
- When I was at home for university vacations, he would sit listening to me intently, head tilted to one side, as I poured out all the problems of an average early twenty-something.
- During our university vacations, we took jobs as herds people in the Alps, running after cattle for three months out of the year and sleeping in rickety huts and stables.
- The vacation period was a nightmare for many because they had to explore alternative methods of generating income.
- We've finished school this year and are going to university after summer vacation.
- This was during Christmas break, and Brent was still supposedly on vacation from school.
- After a summer vacation, most children look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones as they return to school.
- There must surely be ways of, for example, employing undergraduates during vacations to enthuse these would-be physicists in labs that would otherwise be lying empty.
- I tended only to see them during University vacations - particularly Christmas.
- The time block of the traditional extended summer vacation is redistributed in the form of shorter breaks throughout the year.
- With a vacation period coming up, the magistrate put off the case until August 13.
- As I regard this case as sufficiently important, I will come in during the vacation if there is a problem.
- Students on long-term tertiary courses may, on application, work for 15 hours per week during term time, and for extended hours during vacations.
- But we were only able to be together during summer vacations and mid term break.
- Some universities will cancel the usual summer vacations from mid-July to the end of August as part of the effort to prevent the spread of the disease.
- Her best friend and her parents went to Europe every summer for 2 months during the school vacation period.
- The application came before me as the vacation judge.
- Because the Scottish courts are currently on a vacation period, only one judge will hear the appeal, instead of two.
- I was by this time living in Cambridge, having won a scholarship to the university, and stayed with her only during my vacations.
- Holidays and school vacations are to be shared equally.
1. 1.1North American An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling; a holiday.
  he took a vacation in the south of France
  他在法国南部度假。
  people come here on vacation
  人们到这里来度假。
  Example sentencesExamples
  On vacation some people are determined to keep the cell phone charged up and ready to rip wherever they go.
  Typically honeymooners tend to enjoy beach vacations as honeymoon destinations.
  His friends are all on vacation, leaving him bored and lonesome.
  I had seen the movie in Paris while on vacation over the holidays with my partner, Christopher.
  He knew he was leaving the next day and that he had booked a vacation for 3 weeks.
  Months later I flew to the United States to spend a month-long vacation.
  We decided to just go on vacation and take advantage of our spring break.
  Croatian workers receive at least four weeks of vacation per year, in addition to national holidays.
  I've got a week and a half more at work before my vacation starts.
  In fact, over the holidays the mom was off on vacation for two weeks and didn't spend one of those days with her son.
  Everyone was exchanging gifts in the halls and people were leaving to go on vacation and to go visit family members.
  I don't usually get up early when I'm on vacation either, but this trip is a worthwhile exception.
  First, I have not been on vacation, I don't even know what a vacation is anymore.
  This week is going to be a little hectic since I'm trying to get so many things done before I leave on vacation.
  Please take the time to get enough rest, not only on vacation, but everyday.
  I went on vacation last week, and somehow managed to leave the refrigerator door open.
  Hotels reduce rates, airfare prices drop and vacation packages may be hundreds less.
  They left to go on vacation around ten this morning.
  Remember when you thought that an annual two-week vacation was a necessity?
  On vacation, I would check in with the office three or four times a day.
  Whether they're on a business trip or on vacation, these travelers are often in spending mode.
  "We specialise in providing the best adventure vacations for people who want a personal and tailored travel service.
  While planning a long fishing vacation, there are a couple of obvious choices to be made.
  I will be leaving on vacation in two days and will not be able to do much else except put down ideas in my traveling notebook.
  Before you leave on vacation, follow these tips and feel more secure about your home being vacant.
  While packing, I browse through some photos and I come across some of me on vacation with a former boyfriend.
  Three-day family vacation packages cost $155 per person, including activities and meals.
  Synonyms
  holiday, holidays, trip, tour, break, mini-break, stopover
2mass noun The action of leaving something one previously occupied.
空出；腾出；（职位的）辞去
his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship
婚姻是他辞去董事职位的理由。
Example sentencesExamples
- His vacation of the midfield also enabled Jamie Buchan to get back to his favoured position in midfield after a long spell at left back.
- On the vacation of the post, the senior masters assembled and discussed eligible candidates.
- He was again unopposed on the vacation of his seat.
Synonyms
quitting, evacuation, abandonment, desertion, relinquishment, leaving
departure from, exit from, withdrawal from

verbveɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n

[no object]North American

Take a holiday.
〈主北美〉假期；假日
I was vacationing in Europe with my family
当时我和家人在欧洲度假。
Example sentencesExamples
- While some folks escape winter by vacationing to Mexico, Hawaii and Florida, why give up the ski days?
- My wife and I always enjoy going for a jog, and we were vacationing somewhere where we were running every day.
- She Indiana, was vacationing with her family at Yellowstone National Park in the 1980s when she lost her wallet.
- I was vacationing at a ski resort, and I saw this really cute boy skiing down the mountain beside me.
- We were vacationing in Spain.
- He might love Chinese food and enjoy vacationing in Rome, but ultimately he considers himself a New Yorker.
- Many of you may have travelled or simply spent long weekends by the sea vacationing with family and friends.
- ‘I had just vacationed in India in December visiting relatives, and was excited to hear my unit was chosen to deploy there,’ he said.
- If you vacationed in California every vacation for the next 50 years you still would not run out of things to see or do.
- I spent about 15 percent of my time in Hawaii, and my children essentially grew up vacationing in Hawaii.
- We all vacation together in Maine (though until the past two years, not in the same house).
- Three subjects did not want to complete the study because they did not want to wear gloves while vacationing in Florida.
- It could, however, make you think twice about vacationing in Europe.
- If you find vacationing in a rental property more comfortable than hotel rooms, give no second thought to your choice.
- A total of 2,714,000 foreign tourists vacationed in Bulgaria in the first seven months of the year, seven per cent more than the same period a year ago.
- My wife and I were vacationing in Spain, and Gibraltar was the second stop on our itinerary.
- This break is long overdue, considering he hasn't vacationed in years and he even spends his weekends travelling to the company's agencies throughout Bulgaria - for work and pleasure.
- I've been vacationing down in Mexico before, but Venezuela was a whole new level of poverty I had never seen before.
- His wife and boys were vacationing down the Jersey shore at his in-laws' summer home in August 1997.
- He was out of the country, vacationing in Mexico, but he arranged for a public relations firm to fax a prepared statement to the media.
Synonyms
holiday, holidays, trip, tour, break, mini-break, stopover
day off, recess, adjournment, furlough, rest, respite, leave of absence
leave, time off
informal hols, vac, staycation
North American informal vacay
formal sojourn

Derivatives

vacationer

nounvəˈkeɪʃnəveɪˈkeɪʃnəveɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nər

North American

A person on holiday away from home; a holidaymaker.
vacationers have been enjoying brilliant blue skies
Example sentencesExamples
- Few vacationers would travel to Paris without taking in the Louvre, nor would they miss Broadway while visiting New York.
- Most vacationers travel during peak travel times, but if you're looking to save money this year, make your travel plans for September.
- As airlines compete with low-cost carriers and try to replace business travelers with vacationers, prices have plunged.

vacationist

nounvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nɪstveɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nɪst

North American

A person on holiday away from home.
its culture grants vacationists a unique experience
Example sentencesExamples
- Fishing boats for the vacationists are capably manned by experienced guides, who daily ply their little craft out into the deep waters in quest of Chesapeake fish.
- In addition, it has all the needed ingredients to make a vacation as exciting as vacationists want it to be.
- Most vacationists would spend a week or so taking in the sights, but I bet that most of us who live here enjoy it less than those who visit.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare 'be unoccupied' (see vacate).

People did not really have holidays in the Middle Ages, and vacation was freedom or rest from work or occupation. The root of the word is Latin vacare ‘to be unoccupied’, source also of vacancy (late 16th century), vacant (Middle English), and vacate (mid 17th century). The vacation then became the fixed time between terms when lawyers and university teachers vacate their premises and are free from formal duties. In North America it is the usual word for a holiday, a sense first used in the 1870s; a holiday is normally a specific national holiday such as Thanksgiving.

Rhymes

ablation, aeration, agnation, Alsatian, Amerasian, Asian, aviation, cetacean, citation, conation, creation, Croatian, counterdemonstration, counterproliferation, crustacean, curation, Dalmatian, delation, dilation, donation, duration, elation, fixation, Galatian, geolocation, glocalization, gyration, Haitian, halation, Horatian, ideation, illation, lavation, legation, libation, location, lunation, mutation, natation, nation, negation, notation, nutation, oblation, oration, ovation, potation, relation, rogation, rotation, Sarmatian, sedation, Serbo-Croatian, station, staycation, taxation, Thracian, vexation, vocation, zonation

Definition of vacation in US English:

vacation

noun

1North American An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling.
he took a vacation in the south of France
他在法国南部度假。
British term holiday
people come here on vacation
人们到这里来度假。
as modifier a vacation home
Example sentencesExamples
- This week is going to be a little hectic since I'm trying to get so many things done before I leave on vacation.
- I went on vacation last week, and somehow managed to leave the refrigerator door open.
- In fact, over the holidays the mom was off on vacation for two weeks and didn't spend one of those days with her son.
- They left to go on vacation around ten this morning.
- I had seen the movie in Paris while on vacation over the holidays with my partner, Christopher.
- I will be leaving on vacation in two days and will not be able to do much else except put down ideas in my traveling notebook.
- While packing, I browse through some photos and I come across some of me on vacation with a former boyfriend.
- I've got a week and a half more at work before my vacation starts.
- His friends are all on vacation, leaving him bored and lonesome.
- While planning a long fishing vacation, there are a couple of obvious choices to be made.
- Everyone was exchanging gifts in the halls and people were leaving to go on vacation and to go visit family members.
- Before you leave on vacation, follow these tips and feel more secure about your home being vacant.
- On vacation some people are determined to keep the cell phone charged up and ready to rip wherever they go.
- I don't usually get up early when I'm on vacation either, but this trip is a worthwhile exception.
- Hotels reduce rates, airfare prices drop and vacation packages may be hundreds less.
- Typically honeymooners tend to enjoy beach vacations as honeymoon destinations.
- Please take the time to get enough rest, not only on vacation, but everyday.
- Croatian workers receive at least four weeks of vacation per year, in addition to national holidays.
- First, I have not been on vacation, I don't even know what a vacation is anymore.
- He knew he was leaving the next day and that he had booked a vacation for 3 weeks.
- Whether they're on a business trip or on vacation, these travelers are often in spending mode.
- Three-day family vacation packages cost $155 per person, including activities and meals.
- Remember when you thought that an annual two-week vacation was a necessity?
- "We specialise in providing the best adventure vacations for people who want a personal and tailored travel service.
- We decided to just go on vacation and take advantage of our spring break.
- Months later I flew to the United States to spend a month-long vacation.
- On vacation, I would check in with the office three or four times a day.
Synonyms
holiday, holidays, trip, tour, break, mini-break, stopover
1. 1.1 A fixed holiday period between terms in schools and law courts.
  （大学的）假期；（法庭的）休庭期
  Example sentencesExamples
  With a vacation period coming up, the magistrate put off the case until August 13.
  During our university vacations, we took jobs as herds people in the Alps, running after cattle for three months out of the year and sleeping in rickety huts and stables.
  Her best friend and her parents went to Europe every summer for 2 months during the school vacation period.
  The time block of the traditional extended summer vacation is redistributed in the form of shorter breaks throughout the year.
  This was during Christmas break, and Brent was still supposedly on vacation from school.
  After a summer vacation, most children look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones as they return to school.
  The application came before me as the vacation judge.
  I tended only to see them during University vacations - particularly Christmas.
  The vacation period was a nightmare for many because they had to explore alternative methods of generating income.
  I was by this time living in Cambridge, having won a scholarship to the university, and stayed with her only during my vacations.
  But we were only able to be together during summer vacations and mid term break.
  Because the Scottish courts are currently on a vacation period, only one judge will hear the appeal, instead of two.
  I am staring a three-and-a-bit months University vacation in the face.
  There must surely be ways of, for example, employing undergraduates during vacations to enthuse these would-be physicists in labs that would otherwise be lying empty.
  Next time the kids are on school vacation, I'm hiring a sitter and going to work.
  As I regard this case as sufficiently important, I will come in during the vacation if there is a problem.
  Students on long-term tertiary courses may, on application, work for 15 hours per week during term time, and for extended hours during vacations.
  We've finished school this year and are going to university after summer vacation.
  Some universities will cancel the usual summer vacations from mid-July to the end of August as part of the effort to prevent the spread of the disease.
  When I was at home for university vacations, he would sit listening to me intently, head tilted to one side, as I poured out all the problems of an average early twenty-something.
  Holidays and school vacations are to be shared equally.
2The action of leaving something one previously occupied.
空出；腾出；（职位的）辞去
his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship
婚姻是他辞去董事职位的理由。
Example sentencesExamples
- He was again unopposed on the vacation of his seat.
- His vacation of the midfield also enabled Jamie Buchan to get back to his favoured position in midfield after a long spell at left back.
- On the vacation of the post, the senior masters assembled and discussed eligible candidates.
Synonyms
quitting, evacuation, abandonment, desertion, relinquishment, leaving

verb

[no object]North American

Take a vacation.
I was vacationing in Europe with my family
当时我和家人在欧洲度假。
Example sentencesExamples
- He was out of the country, vacationing in Mexico, but he arranged for a public relations firm to fax a prepared statement to the media.
- A total of 2,714,000 foreign tourists vacationed in Bulgaria in the first seven months of the year, seven per cent more than the same period a year ago.
- My wife and I were vacationing in Spain, and Gibraltar was the second stop on our itinerary.
- Three subjects did not want to complete the study because they did not want to wear gloves while vacationing in Florida.
- We were vacationing in Spain.
- I've been vacationing down in Mexico before, but Venezuela was a whole new level of poverty I had never seen before.
- If you vacationed in California every vacation for the next 50 years you still would not run out of things to see or do.
- His wife and boys were vacationing down the Jersey shore at his in-laws' summer home in August 1997.
- He might love Chinese food and enjoy vacationing in Rome, but ultimately he considers himself a New Yorker.
- I was vacationing at a ski resort, and I saw this really cute boy skiing down the mountain beside me.
- Many of you may have travelled or simply spent long weekends by the sea vacationing with family and friends.
- I spent about 15 percent of my time in Hawaii, and my children essentially grew up vacationing in Hawaii.
- She Indiana, was vacationing with her family at Yellowstone National Park in the 1980s when she lost her wallet.
- It could, however, make you think twice about vacationing in Europe.
- If you find vacationing in a rental property more comfortable than hotel rooms, give no second thought to your choice.
- While some folks escape winter by vacationing to Mexico, Hawaii and Florida, why give up the ski days?
- My wife and I always enjoy going for a jog, and we were vacationing somewhere where we were running every day.
- We all vacation together in Maine (though until the past two years, not in the same house).
- This break is long overdue, considering he hasn't vacationed in years and he even spends his weekends travelling to the company's agencies throughout Bulgaria - for work and pleasure.
- ‘I had just vacationed in India in December visiting relatives, and was excited to hear my unit was chosen to deploy there,’ he said.
Synonyms
holiday, take a holiday, be on holiday, take a break, travel, tour, stay, visit, stop over

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’ (see vacate).

词汇	vacation
释义	Definition of vacation in English: vacation noun veɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n 1A fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts. （大学的）假期；（法庭的）休庭期 the Easter vacation Example sentencesExamples I am staring a three-and-a-bit months University vacation in the face. Next time the kids are on school vacation, I'm hiring a sitter and going to work. When I was at home for university vacations, he would sit listening to me intently, head tilted to one side, as I poured out all the problems of an average early twenty-something. During our university vacations, we took jobs as herds people in the Alps, running after cattle for three months out of the year and sleeping in rickety huts and stables. The vacation period was a nightmare for many because they had to explore alternative methods of generating income. We've finished school this year and are going to university after summer vacation. This was during Christmas break, and Brent was still supposedly on vacation from school. After a summer vacation, most children look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones as they return to school. There must surely be ways of, for example, employing undergraduates during vacations to enthuse these would-be physicists in labs that would otherwise be lying empty. I tended only to see them during University vacations - particularly Christmas. The time block of the traditional extended summer vacation is redistributed in the form of shorter breaks throughout the year. With a vacation period coming up, the magistrate put off the case until August 13. As I regard this case as sufficiently important, I will come in during the vacation if there is a problem. Students on long-term tertiary courses may, on application, work for 15 hours per week during term time, and for extended hours during vacations. But we were only able to be together during summer vacations and mid term break. Some universities will cancel the usual summer vacations from mid-July to the end of August as part of the effort to prevent the spread of the disease. Her best friend and her parents went to Europe every summer for 2 months during the school vacation period. The application came before me as the vacation judge. Because the Scottish courts are currently on a vacation period, only one judge will hear the appeal, instead of two. I was by this time living in Cambridge, having won a scholarship to the university, and stayed with her only during my vacations. Holidays and school vacations are to be shared equally. 1.1North American An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling; a holiday. he took a vacation in the south of France 他在法国南部度假。 people come here on vacation 人们到这里来度假。 Example sentencesExamples On vacation some people are determined to keep the cell phone charged up and ready to rip wherever they go. Typically honeymooners tend to enjoy beach vacations as honeymoon destinations. His friends are all on vacation, leaving him bored and lonesome. I had seen the movie in Paris while on vacation over the holidays with my partner, Christopher. He knew he was leaving the next day and that he had booked a vacation for 3 weeks. Months later I flew to the United States to spend a month-long vacation. We decided to just go on vacation and take advantage of our spring break. Croatian workers receive at least four weeks of vacation per year, in addition to national holidays. I've got a week and a half more at work before my vacation starts. In fact, over the holidays the mom was off on vacation for two weeks and didn't spend one of those days with her son. Everyone was exchanging gifts in the halls and people were leaving to go on vacation and to go visit family members. I don't usually get up early when I'm on vacation either, but this trip is a worthwhile exception. First, I have not been on vacation, I don't even know what a vacation is anymore. This week is going to be a little hectic since I'm trying to get so many things done before I leave on vacation. Please take the time to get enough rest, not only on vacation, but everyday. I went on vacation last week, and somehow managed to leave the refrigerator door open. Hotels reduce rates, airfare prices drop and vacation packages may be hundreds less. They left to go on vacation around ten this morning. Remember when you thought that an annual two-week vacation was a necessity? On vacation, I would check in with the office three or four times a day. Whether they're on a business trip or on vacation, these travelers are often in spending mode. "We specialise in providing the best adventure vacations for people who want a personal and tailored travel service. While planning a long fishing vacation, there are a couple of obvious choices to be made. I will be leaving on vacation in two days and will not be able to do much else except put down ideas in my traveling notebook. Before you leave on vacation, follow these tips and feel more secure about your home being vacant. While packing, I browse through some photos and I come across some of me on vacation with a former boyfriend. Three-day family vacation packages cost $155 per person, including activities and meals. Synonyms holiday, holidays, trip, tour, break, mini-break, stopover 2mass noun The action of leaving something one previously occupied. 空出；腾出；（职位的）辞去 his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship 婚姻是他辞去董事职位的理由。 Example sentencesExamples His vacation of the midfield also enabled Jamie Buchan to get back to his favoured position in midfield after a long spell at left back. On the vacation of the post, the senior masters assembled and discussed eligible candidates. He was again unopposed on the vacation of his seat. Synonyms quitting, evacuation, abandonment, desertion, relinquishment, leaving departure from, exit from, withdrawal from verbveɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n [no object]North American Take a holiday. 〈主北美〉假期；假日 I was vacationing in Europe with my family 当时我和家人在欧洲度假。 Example sentencesExamples While some folks escape winter by vacationing to Mexico, Hawaii and Florida, why give up the ski days? My wife and I always enjoy going for a jog, and we were vacationing somewhere where we were running every day. She Indiana, was vacationing with her family at Yellowstone National Park in the 1980s when she lost her wallet. I was vacationing at a ski resort, and I saw this really cute boy skiing down the mountain beside me. We were vacationing in Spain. He might love Chinese food and enjoy vacationing in Rome, but ultimately he considers himself a New Yorker. Many of you may have travelled or simply spent long weekends by the sea vacationing with family and friends. ‘I had just vacationed in India in December visiting relatives, and was excited to hear my unit was chosen to deploy there,’ he said. If you vacationed in California every vacation for the next 50 years you still would not run out of things to see or do. I spent about 15 percent of my time in Hawaii, and my children essentially grew up vacationing in Hawaii. We all vacation together in Maine (though until the past two years, not in the same house). Three subjects did not want to complete the study because they did not want to wear gloves while vacationing in Florida. It could, however, make you think twice about vacationing in Europe. If you find vacationing in a rental property more comfortable than hotel rooms, give no second thought to your choice. A total of 2,714,000 foreign tourists vacationed in Bulgaria in the first seven months of the year, seven per cent more than the same period a year ago. My wife and I were vacationing in Spain, and Gibraltar was the second stop on our itinerary. This break is long overdue, considering he hasn't vacationed in years and he even spends his weekends travelling to the company's agencies throughout Bulgaria - for work and pleasure. I've been vacationing down in Mexico before, but Venezuela was a whole new level of poverty I had never seen before. His wife and boys were vacationing down the Jersey shore at his in-laws' summer home in August 1997. He was out of the country, vacationing in Mexico, but he arranged for a public relations firm to fax a prepared statement to the media. Synonyms holiday, holidays, trip, tour, break, mini-break, stopover day off, recess, adjournment, furlough, rest, respite, leave of absence leave, time off informal hols, vac, staycation North American informal vacay formal sojourn Derivatives vacationer nounvəˈkeɪʃnəveɪˈkeɪʃnəveɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nər North American A person on holiday away from home; a holidaymaker. vacationers have been enjoying brilliant blue skies Example sentencesExamples Few vacationers would travel to Paris without taking in the Louvre, nor would they miss Broadway while visiting New York. Most vacationers travel during peak travel times, but if you're looking to save money this year, make your travel plans for September. As airlines compete with low-cost carriers and try to replace business travelers with vacationers, prices have plunged. vacationist nounvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nɪstveɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nɪst North American A person on holiday away from home. its culture grants vacationists a unique experience Example sentencesExamples Fishing boats for the vacationists are capably manned by experienced guides, who daily ply their little craft out into the deep waters in quest of Chesapeake fish. In addition, it has all the needed ingredients to make a vacation as exciting as vacationists want it to be. Most vacationists would spend a week or so taking in the sights, but I bet that most of us who live here enjoy it less than those who visit. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare 'be unoccupied' (see vacate). People did not really have holidays in the Middle Ages, and vacation was freedom or rest from work or occupation. The root of the word is Latin vacare ‘to be unoccupied’, source also of vacancy (late 16th century), vacant (Middle English), and vacate (mid 17th century). The vacation then became the fixed time between terms when lawyers and university teachers vacate their premises and are free from formal duties. In North America it is the usual word for a holiday, a sense first used in the 1870s; a holiday is normally a specific national holiday such as Thanksgiving. Rhymes ablation, aeration, agnation, Alsatian, Amerasian, Asian, aviation, cetacean, citation, conation, creation, Croatian, counterdemonstration, counterproliferation, crustacean, curation, Dalmatian, delation, dilation, donation, duration, elation, fixation, Galatian, geolocation, glocalization, gyration, Haitian, halation, Horatian, ideation, illation, lavation, legation, libation, location, lunation, mutation, natation, nation, negation, notation, nutation, oblation, oration, ovation, potation, relation, rogation, rotation, Sarmatian, sedation, Serbo-Croatian, station, staycation, taxation, Thracian, vexation, vocation, zonation Definition of vacation in US English: vacation noun 1North American An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling. he took a vacation in the south of France 他在法国南部度假。 British term holiday people come here on vacation 人们到这里来度假。 as modifier a vacation home Example sentencesExamples This week is going to be a little hectic since I'm trying to get so many things done before I leave on vacation. I went on vacation last week, and somehow managed to leave the refrigerator door open. In fact, over the holidays the mom was off on vacation for two weeks and didn't spend one of those days with her son. They left to go on vacation around ten this morning. I had seen the movie in Paris while on vacation over the holidays with my partner, Christopher. I will be leaving on vacation in two days and will not be able to do much else except put down ideas in my traveling notebook. While packing, I browse through some photos and I come across some of me on vacation with a former boyfriend. I've got a week and a half more at work before my vacation starts. His friends are all on vacation, leaving him bored and lonesome. While planning a long fishing vacation, there are a couple of obvious choices to be made. Everyone was exchanging gifts in the halls and people were leaving to go on vacation and to go visit family members. Before you leave on vacation, follow these tips and feel more secure about your home being vacant. On vacation some people are determined to keep the cell phone charged up and ready to rip wherever they go. I don't usually get up early when I'm on vacation either, but this trip is a worthwhile exception. Hotels reduce rates, airfare prices drop and vacation packages may be hundreds less. Typically honeymooners tend to enjoy beach vacations as honeymoon destinations. Please take the time to get enough rest, not only on vacation, but everyday. Croatian workers receive at least four weeks of vacation per year, in addition to national holidays. First, I have not been on vacation, I don't even know what a vacation is anymore. He knew he was leaving the next day and that he had booked a vacation for 3 weeks. Whether they're on a business trip or on vacation, these travelers are often in spending mode. Three-day family vacation packages cost $155 per person, including activities and meals. Remember when you thought that an annual two-week vacation was a necessity? "We specialise in providing the best adventure vacations for people who want a personal and tailored travel service. We decided to just go on vacation and take advantage of our spring break. Months later I flew to the United States to spend a month-long vacation. On vacation, I would check in with the office three or four times a day. Synonyms holiday, holidays, trip, tour, break, mini-break, stopover 1.1 A fixed holiday period between terms in schools and law courts. （大学的）假期；（法庭的）休庭期 Example sentencesExamples With a vacation period coming up, the magistrate put off the case until August 13. During our university vacations, we took jobs as herds people in the Alps, running after cattle for three months out of the year and sleeping in rickety huts and stables. Her best friend and her parents went to Europe every summer for 2 months during the school vacation period. The time block of the traditional extended summer vacation is redistributed in the form of shorter breaks throughout the year. This was during Christmas break, and Brent was still supposedly on vacation from school. After a summer vacation, most children look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones as they return to school. The application came before me as the vacation judge. I tended only to see them during University vacations - particularly Christmas. The vacation period was a nightmare for many because they had to explore alternative methods of generating income. I was by this time living in Cambridge, having won a scholarship to the university, and stayed with her only during my vacations. But we were only able to be together during summer vacations and mid term break. Because the Scottish courts are currently on a vacation period, only one judge will hear the appeal, instead of two. I am staring a three-and-a-bit months University vacation in the face. There must surely be ways of, for example, employing undergraduates during vacations to enthuse these would-be physicists in labs that would otherwise be lying empty. Next time the kids are on school vacation, I'm hiring a sitter and going to work. As I regard this case as sufficiently important, I will come in during the vacation if there is a problem. Students on long-term tertiary courses may, on application, work for 15 hours per week during term time, and for extended hours during vacations. We've finished school this year and are going to university after summer vacation. Some universities will cancel the usual summer vacations from mid-July to the end of August as part of the effort to prevent the spread of the disease. When I was at home for university vacations, he would sit listening to me intently, head tilted to one side, as I poured out all the problems of an average early twenty-something. Holidays and school vacations are to be shared equally. 2The action of leaving something one previously occupied. 空出；腾出；（职位的）辞去 his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship 婚姻是他辞去董事职位的理由。 Example sentencesExamples He was again unopposed on the vacation of his seat. His vacation of the midfield also enabled Jamie Buchan to get back to his favoured position in midfield after a long spell at left back. On the vacation of the post, the senior masters assembled and discussed eligible candidates. Synonyms quitting, evacuation, abandonment, desertion, relinquishment, leaving verb [no object]North American Take a vacation. I was vacationing in Europe with my family 当时我和家人在欧洲度假。 Example sentencesExamples He was out of the country, vacationing in Mexico, but he arranged for a public relations firm to fax a prepared statement to the media. A total of 2,714,000 foreign tourists vacationed in Bulgaria in the first seven months of the year, seven per cent more than the same period a year ago. My wife and I were vacationing in Spain, and Gibraltar was the second stop on our itinerary. Three subjects did not want to complete the study because they did not want to wear gloves while vacationing in Florida. We were vacationing in Spain. I've been vacationing down in Mexico before, but Venezuela was a whole new level of poverty I had never seen before. If you vacationed in California every vacation for the next 50 years you still would not run out of things to see or do. His wife and boys were vacationing down the Jersey shore at his in-laws' summer home in August 1997. He might love Chinese food and enjoy vacationing in Rome, but ultimately he considers himself a New Yorker. I was vacationing at a ski resort, and I saw this really cute boy skiing down the mountain beside me. Many of you may have travelled or simply spent long weekends by the sea vacationing with family and friends. I spent about 15 percent of my time in Hawaii, and my children essentially grew up vacationing in Hawaii. She Indiana, was vacationing with her family at Yellowstone National Park in the 1980s when she lost her wallet. It could, however, make you think twice about vacationing in Europe. If you find vacationing in a rental property more comfortable than hotel rooms, give no second thought to your choice. While some folks escape winter by vacationing to Mexico, Hawaii and Florida, why give up the ski days? My wife and I always enjoy going for a jog, and we were vacationing somewhere where we were running every day. We all vacation together in Maine (though until the past two years, not in the same house). This break is long overdue, considering he hasn't vacationed in years and he even spends his weekends travelling to the company's agencies throughout Bulgaria - for work and pleasure. ‘I had just vacationed in India in December visiting relatives, and was excited to hear my unit was chosen to deploy there,’ he said. Synonyms holiday, take a holiday, be on holiday, take a break, travel, tour, stay, visit, stop over Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’ (see vacate).
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