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 had to work on bank holiday monday.
  星期一公休，可是我还得上班。
• 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。
• Since the weekend happened to fall on a bank holiday, the dispute has already caused general confusion for the air travel in Ireland.
  因周末适值银行假日，这一争执已对爱尔兰的航空旅游普遍造成紊乱。
• 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。
• 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？
• Most people would favor a bank holiday or special Chinese festival for their relatives and friends to attend the wedding.
  大部分人会挑选节假日或某个中国的传统节日为的是亲戚朋友们能来参加婚礼。
• Thank God it isn't a bank holiday.
  感谢上帝，它不是一个银行假日。
• 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。
• 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！