holiday

• n. 休日；祭り；休息日
• vi. 休日に出かける
• n. （休日）人の名前；（英）Holliday

古英語のhaligdaeg、聖なる日、すなわち聖日から。その本来の意味は宗教的な休日、安息日である。本来の意味は宗教的な休日、安息日。祭りを比較する。

holiday

holiday: [OE] A holiday was originally a ‘holy day’, a day set aside as a religious festival. The first signs of the word being used for a ‘day on which no work is done’ (originally because of its religious significance) appear in the 14th century.
=> holy

holiday (n.)

1500s, earlier haliday (c. 1200), from Old English haligd?g "holy day; Sabbath," from halig "holy" (see holy) + d?g "day" (see day); in 14c. meaning both "religious festival" and "day of recreation," but pronunciation and sense diverged 16c. As a verb meaning "to pass the holidays" by 1869. Happy holidays is from mid-19c., in British English, with reference to summer vacation from school. As a Christmastime greeting, by 1937, American English, in Camel cigarette ads.

1. People are having to think hard about their holiday plans.

人々は今、自分の休暇計画をよく考えなければならない。

2.Our tour prices bore little resemblance to those in the holiday brochures.

私たちの旅行見積もりは、それらのリゾートパンフレットの価格とはかけ離れています。

3.The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday .

労働節を祝うため、この取引日の取引時間は短縮された。

4.They are bound to take time to readjust after a holiday .

彼らは休み明けの生活に慣れる時間が必要になるに違いない。

5.New Year 's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain.

元旦はイギリス全土の公衆の休日です。