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

• I mean, we're still a few days off, but it's bank holiday Monday here.
  我们还要休息几天，周一银行也休假。
• 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！
• So the bank holiday was fun, of course.
  “银行假日”（指银行不营业的周末）这两天过得不错。
• Here ( as you would expect on a bank holiday Monday night) he waited patiently for an hour for CC# 3 to be seen, and then another hour or so for him to be X-rayed.
  在这里（就像你在银行假日周一夜里可能经历的那样），他耐心地等了1个小时，才有医生为成本中心3号做检查，然后拍X光又等了一个小时左右。
• 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。
• Thank God it isn't a bank holiday.
  感谢上帝，它不是一个银行假日。
• There are just three normal working days between the two Bank Holiday weekends, meaning many could enjoy a break of11 days if they book the time off in between.
  复活节假和威廉王子婚礼假之间只有三个工作日，等于说这三天也请假的话就可以连续休11天了！
• I had to work on bank holiday monday.
  星期一公休，可是我还得上班。