excursion
n
(a) short journey, esp one made by a group of people together for pleasure 短程旅行; 远足
go on/make a day excursion to the mountains, ie there and back in one day 到山上游玩一天
Many excursions had been arranged by the holiday company. 短程旅游原先多由度假服务公司安排的.
[attrib 作定语]
an excursion train 游览火车
an excursion ticket, ie one issued at a reduced fare 旅游特惠票.
(b) short journey made for a particular purpose 短途行程
a shopping excursion 购物之行. =>Usage at journey 用法见journey.
We're going to a really nice place down by the river. It's a good place for a camp and there's plenty of shade under the trees.
我们要沿河去一个很好玩的地方。那是个很好的宿营地,有很多树阴凉。
There are about 50 million sheep in New Zealand, about 14 sheep for every New Zealander!
在新西兰大约有5000万只羊,每个新西兰人拥有14只羊左右!
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.