something that you enjoy doing when you are not working synonym hobby消遣;休闲活动 Watching television is still the most popular national pastime. 看电视仍然是最受欢迎的全国性消遣。 Fishing is an enjoyable pastime for people of all ages. 钓鱼是各个年龄段的人都喜欢的消遣。
Synonyms interestinterestTopics Hobbiesc1- hobby
- game
- pastime
- interest an activity or a subject that you do or study for pleasure in your spare time:
Her main interests are music and gardening. 她的主要爱好是音乐和园艺。
- hobby an activity that you do for pleasure in your spare time:
His hobbies include swimming and cooking. 他爱好游泳和烹饪。
- game a children’s activity when they play with toys, pretend to be somebody else, etc.; an activity that you do to have fun:
a game of cops and robbers 警察抓强盗的游戏 He was playing games with the dog. 他在逗狗玩。
- pastime an activity that people do for pleasure in their spare time:
Eating out is the national pastime in France. 在法国,下馆子是全国性的消遣活动。
interest, hobby or pastime? A hobby is often more active than an interest: His main hobby is football (= he plays football). • His main interest is football (= he watches and reads about football, and may or may not play it). Pastime is used when talking about people in general; when you are talking about yourself or an individual person it is more usual to use interest or hobby: Eating out is the national interest/hobby in France. • Do you have any pastimes? Patterns用 interest、hobby 还是 pastime? - a popular interest/hobby/pastime
- to have/share interests/hobbies
- to take up/pursue a(n) interest/hobby
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enjoyable
- pleasurable
- favourite/favorite
- …
- enjoy
- indulge in
- pursue
- …
- pastime among
- pastime for
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from the verb pass (verb) + time, translating French passe-temps.