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

• You can't go, it's a bank holiday weekend.
  你不能去，现在是银行假日。
• The name Bank Holiday comes from the time when Banks were shut and so no trading could take place.
  “银行假日”这个名称起源于银行关闭以至所有交易暂停的时期。
• August bank holiday, only two and six return.
  利用八月间的银行休假日，来回只消花上两先令六便士。
• 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。
• What happens if payday falls on a bank holiday.
  发薪日如果碰上国定假日该怎么办？
• Seventy-two safe deposit boxes were opened in a raid at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd in central London over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
  在复活节银行假日的周末，位于伦敦市中心的哈顿花园保险有限公司发生了一起迅雷不及掩耳之势的盗窃，72个保险箱被洗劫一空。
• Many people would welcome an extra "Bank Holiday" or two as England has fewer than most continental countries.
  许多人多半会欢迎再有一两个“银行假日”，因为英国的公假日比欧洲大陆多数的国家都少。
• Easter Monday is a Bank Holiday, on which banks and other major businesses are closed.
  复活节翌日的星期一是一个银行休假日，在哪一天银行和其他的主要生意被关闭。
• I had to work on bank holiday monday.
  星期一公休，可是我还得上班。
• He said he was unable to take his Bank Holiday last Monday, and took it last night instead.
  他说他上周一没能休银行假日，就在昨天晚上休了。