hobby

noun

/ˈhɒbi/

/ˈhɑːbi/

(plural hobbies)

an activity that you do for pleasure when you are not working业余爱好
- Do you have any hobbies?你有什么业余爱好吗 ?
- Her hobbies include swimming and gardening.她爱好游泳和园艺。
- Why don't you take up a new hobby?你为什么不找一样新的消遣 ?
- My favourite hobby is definitely scuba diving.我最大的爱好绝对是潜水。
- as a hobby I only play jazz as a hobby.我弹奏爵士乐只是一种业余爱好。
Synonyms interest
interest
- hobby
- game
- pastime
These are all words for activities that you do for pleasure in your spare time.
- 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?用 interest、hobby 还是 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
- a popular interest/hobby/pastime
- to have/share interests/hobbies
- to take up/pursue a(n) interest/hobby
Wordfinder
- AGM
- the chair
- club
- hobby
- member
- newsletter
- secretary
- society
- subscription
- treasurer
- Cooking is her pet hobby.烹调是她最喜欢的消遣。
- Cycling and karate are among her hobbies.骑车和空手道都属于她的业余爱好。
- He collects postcards as a hobby.他把收集明信片当成业余爱好。
- Photography can be an expensive hobby.摄影会是一项费钱的爱好。
- She never had any time to pursue her hobbies.她从来没有时间搞自己的业余爱好。
- He wanted to turn his hobby into a business.他想把他的爱好变成生意。
- They spent their retirement enjoying hobbies and taking trips.他们退休后喜欢爱好和旅行。
Topics Hobbiesa1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- enjoyable
- fun
- interesting
- …
verb + hobby
- have
- enjoy
- indulge
- …
preposition
- among your hobbies
- as a hobby
词源late Middle English hobyn, hoby, from pet forms of the given name Robin. Originally referring to a small horse or pony, it later came to denote a toy horse or hobby horse, hence ‘an activity done for pleasure’.

词汇	hobby
释义	hobby noun /ˈhɒbi/ /ˈhɑːbi/ (plural hobbies) an activity that you do for pleasure when you are not working业余爱好 Do you have any hobbies?你有什么业余爱好吗 ? Her hobbies include swimming and gardening.她爱好游泳和园艺。 Why don't you take up a new hobby?你为什么不找一样新的消遣 ? My favourite hobby is definitely scuba diving.我最大的爱好绝对是潜水。 as a hobby I only play jazz as a hobby.我弹奏爵士乐只是一种业余爱好。 Synonyms interestinterest hobby game pastime These are all words for activities that you do for pleasure in your spare time. 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?用 interest、hobby 还是 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 a popular interest/hobby/pastime to have/share interests/hobbies to take up/pursue a(n) interest/hobby Wordfinder AGM the chair club hobby member newsletter secretary society subscription treasurer Cooking is her pet hobby.烹调是她最喜欢的消遣。 Cycling and karate are among her hobbies.骑车和空手道都属于她的业余爱好。 He collects postcards as a hobby.他把收集明信片当成业余爱好。 Photography can be an expensive hobby.摄影会是一项费钱的爱好。 She never had any time to pursue her hobbies.她从来没有时间搞自己的业余爱好。 He wanted to turn his hobby into a business.他想把他的爱好变成生意。 They spent their retirement enjoying hobbies and taking trips.他们退休后喜欢爱好和旅行。 Topics Hobbiesa1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective enjoyable fun interesting … verb + hobby have enjoy indulge … preposition among your hobbies as a hobby 词源late Middle English hobyn, hoby, from pet forms of the given name Robin. Originally referring to a small horse or pony, it later came to denote a toy horse or hobby horse, hence ‘an activity done for pleasure’.
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