half-term

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌhalf-ˈterm noun [countable]  British EnglishHOLIDAY a short holiday from school in the middle of a term 〔学校的〕期中假

Examples from the Corpus

half-term• Half-term is the last week in October.• Starting at Easter, the bookings would continue more or less uninterrupted until after the autumn half-term at the end of October.• They did visit him at his school for Sports Days; and Luke sometimes came home for half-terms.• May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and happy half-term holiday.• Look at the agenda and your personal notes from the staff meetings for the past half-term.• A combination of rain, half-term and roadworks.• Those parents wishing to pay for the half-term should please send £46.90.• It rained all through half-term.• Or would be busy sorting things out at school with the run-up to half-term.• Also open weekends, half-terms, school holidays in winter.

ˌhalf-ˈterm nounChineseSyllable  

in from Corpus the holiday short a school

half-term
ˌhalf-ˈterm noun [countable]
British English a short holiday from school in the middle of a term

half-termBrE /ˌhɑːf ˈtɜːm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhæf ˈtɜːrm/ 🔊 noun(in British schools) a short holiday/vacation in the middle of each term （英国学校的）期中假◆the half-term break/holiday 期中假◆What are you doing at half-term? 你期中假打算干什么？🔊🔊