■ holiday

不能从 day 字望文生义，以为一定是只有一天的假日。其实也可以是连续多天的假期（在英国英语尤其如此，美国则较多用 vacation）。

• She talked me into taking a week's holiday.她说服了我去度一周的假期。
• The company offers a pension scheme and three weeks' paid holiday.公司提供一个养老金办法和三周工资照付的假期。
• They had only to smell damp in a basement to move house, only to have two days' rain on a holiday to change districts. (John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Chapter 5)他们因为嗅到底楼有潮湿气味便搬了家。有一次在外度假时，因某个地方一连下了两天雨，他们就赶紧离开那儿。

当然，也可以只有一天。

• New Year's Day is a national holiday.元旦是国定节日。