bank holiday

英 [ˌbæŋk ˈhɒlədeɪ]

美 [ˌbæŋk ˈhɑːlədeɪ]

n.  银行假日(公共假日，如圣诞节、元旦等)

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牛津词典

noun

• 银行假日（公共假日，如圣诞节、元旦等）
  a public holiday, for example Christmas Day, New Year's Day, etc.
  1. Bank Holiday Monday
     银行假日星期一
  2. a bank holiday weekend (= a weekend followed by a Monday which is a holiday)
     银行假日周末（之后的星期一为假日的大周末）

柯林斯词典

• 银行假日；公共假日
  Abank holidayis a public holiday.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 national holiday

英英释义

noun

• any of several weekdays when banks are closed

双语例句

• It's bank holiday on monday, we'd better lay in a supply of food.
  星期一银行休息，我们最好储备一些食物。
• What happens if payday falls on a bank holiday.
  发薪日如果碰上国定假日该怎么办？
• I had to work on bank holiday monday.
  星期一公休，可是我还得上班。
• It will mean two long weekends in a row for many, as the previous week is the Easter break and the Monday after the wedding is the first May bank holiday.
  婚礼之前是复活节假期，婚礼之后是五一银行假期，因此英国公众可以连续享受两个长周末，加起来有不少天。
• Traditionally on a Bank Holiday many businesses are closed to enable the workers to have a holiday.
  按传统，在银行假日，许多商家都停业，以便员工们可以休假。
• "It's a Bank Holiday on the third of January, which means we can't register him until after the Stoke City game," said the manager.
  “1月3号是银行假期，这意味着我们得等到与斯托克的比赛结束后才能为他注册，”经理说。
• The additional bank holiday for the diamond jubilee meant that in many sectors, production stopped for an extra day.
  为英国女王登基60周年而额外增加的一天银行假期，意味着许多领域休工的时间多了一天。
• They came to see us on August Bank holiday.
  他们在八月份的法定假日来看望了我们。
• You can't go, it's a bank holiday weekend.
  你不能去，现在是银行假日。
• Britain will enjoy a bank holiday bonanza because of Prince William's royal wedding to Kate Middleton, with back-to-back four-day weekends.
  威廉王子和凯特举行婚礼，于是英国人民可以放大假了！连续的四个周末啊！