n.(名词)

1. 业余爱好，嗜好，癖好，兴趣，业余消遣
2. 小隼，燕隼
3. 竹马，木马
4. 小马
5. 一种体型中等的壮马
6. 霍比是美国制造的驱逐舰

n.(名词)

1. [C]业余爱好 an activity which one enjoys doing in one's free time

Noun:

1. an auxiliary activity

2. a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride

3. small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds

1.业余爱好;嗜好
Ahobby is an activity that you enjoy doing in your spare time.

e.g. My hobbies are letter writing, football, music, photography, and tennis.
我的业余爱好是写信、踢足球、听音乐、玩摄影和打网球。

His hobby is entomology.

他爱好昆虫学。

Angling is his main hobby.

钓鱼是他的主要爱好。

Some people like horseback ride, but I prefer golf as a hobby.

一些人喜欢马术，但是我宁愿把打高尔夫球作为一种业余爱好。

My hobby is a good safety-valve for the tension that builds up at work.

我用业余爱好来消除工作中产生的紧张情绪。

One of my hobbies is painting.

我的业余爱好之一是画画。

His hobby employs much of his time.

他的业余爱好占用他许多时间?

Do you think cycling is a good hobby?

你认为骑车是种很好的业余爱好吗?

I only play jazz as a hobby.

我弹奏爵士乐只是一种业余爱好。

Her hobbies include swimming and gardening.

她爱好游泳和园艺。

My hobbies are letter writing, football, music, photography, and tennis.

我的业余爱好是写信、踢足球、听音乐、玩摄影和打网球。

Reading is the only hobby I can speak of.

读书是我唯一值得一提的爱好.

My hobby is collecting stamps. Do you have a hobby?

我爱好集邮, 你有爱好 吗 ?

One of them was hopping around on a hobby horse.

他们中的一个在爱马上蹦来蹦去.

Their latest hobby is traveling, and they've been almost everywhere in Canton.

他们近来喜欢旅行, 而且几乎已经到过广东每个地方.

Ases man should taboo bad hobby, Cultivates good sociality ability.

作为男人应该避讳不良嗜好, 培养良好的社交能力.

He never let up on this main hobby of planting trees.

他的主要嗜好是种树,这一兴趣从未中断.

After all, no one ever said your hobby had to stay separate from your occupation.

毕竟, 没人说过你的兴趣和工作应该绝对分隔.

When art becomes part of daily life. relief or a hobby. life is full of happiness.

当艺术成为日常生活的一部分. 一种调剂或者爱好. 生活将是幸福的.

A No time for anything, for any interest or hobby?

A没有时间做任何事情, 任何兴趣爱好?

He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.

他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业.

His hobby employs much of his time.

他的业余爱好占用他许多时间?

He struggled to find a hobby, having burned out on reading.

他读书读烦了, 于是想方设法地寻找业余爱好.

He pursued his hobby of collecting old almanacs for so many years.

多年来他一直保持着收集旧历书的嗜好.

His hobby is building replicas of cars.

他的爱好是制作汽车的复制品.

He entered into politics as a hobby.

他参加政治活动是作为一种业余爱好.

This is not a hobby you should go in for unless you have plenty of money.

这不是非有不可的爱好,除非你有大量的钱.

Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.

许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好.

Alexander's main hobby was poker.

亚历山大的主要嗜好是打扑克.

Keeping carrier pigeons is his hobby.

养信鸽是他的业余爱好.

She dabbles in painting as a hobby.

她学点绘画作为业余爱好.

Growing flowers is his hobby.

种花是他的癖好.

His secret hobby: performing magic tricks.

他私底下有变戏法的嗜好。

It is only a hobby, not a life or death struggle.

这只是一项爱好，不需要拼死拼活地努力。

Find a hobby or interest which enthuses you.

培养一个自己喜欢的爱好或兴趣。

1. Reading children's literature is a hobby with him.
   他在业余时间读儿童文学消遣。
2. Stamp-collecting is a popular hobby.
   集邮是一种普遍的业余爱好。
3. Music is his chief hobby.
   音乐是他的主要业余爱好。
4. Gardening is one of his hobbies.
   园艺是他的业余爱好之一。
5. He didn't know what to do when he retired from work as he had no hobbies.
   他由于没有任何业余爱好,故退休之后就不知干些什么才好。
6. In the evening I like to sit down and pursue my hobbies.
   晚上我喜欢坐下来从事业余爱好。

动词+～

• hobby">have a hobby有业余嗜好
• hobby">have no hobby没有什么爱好
• hobby">indulge one's hobby满足自己的嗜好
• hobby">mount a hobby反复谈自己喜爱的话题
• hobby">pursue a hobby从事某一业余爱好
• hobby">ride a hobby沉溺在业余癖好中

形容词+～

• hobby">absurd hobby荒唐的嗜好
• hobby">chief hobby主要的业余爱好
• hobby">curious hobby古怪的癖好
• hobby">educational hobby有教育意义的爱好
• hobby">expensive hobby花钱多的嗜好
• hobby">fascinating hobby有极大吸引力的业余爱好
• hobby">good hobby良好的业余爱好
• hobby">insipid hobby乏味的嗜好
• hobby">popular hobby流行的业余爱好
• hobby">reasonable hobby合理的嗜好
• hobby">sports hobby体育爱好

～+介词

• hobby%20for%20research%20in%20history">hobby for research in history研究历史的爱好
• hobby%20of%20collecting%20stamps">hobby of collecting stamps爱好集邮

• Kirk's painting had always been more of a hobby with him than a profession.

  出自：P. G. Wodehouse

• Trade and industry were interesting hobbies but not serious vocations.

  出自：M. Ignatieff

n.(名词)

1. hobby的基本意思是“嗜好,业余爱好”,指人们在工作时间以外所从事的自己喜好的事情。hobby是可数名词,有复数形式,常用不定冠词修饰。

n.(名词)

hobby, pastime, recreation

这三个词的共同意思是“业余爱好”。其区别是：

hobby是可数名词,一般指在室内或室外独自进行的活动,通常不剧烈(如集邮、下棋、弹奏乐器等),包括技术很高的活动或简单的动作; pastime指空余时间的娱乐活动,往往不具有什么内在的价值或意义,常指消遣,很多情况下可以和hobby通用; recreation强调改变环境以调节生活节奏或在紧张的工作之后放松一下。例如:

His favourable pastime〔hobby〕 is playing chess.他最喜欢的娱乐活动是下棋。

Going to the movies is the most popular pastime in the nation.在国内最流行的娱乐方式是看电影。

Walking, gardening and reading are quiet forms of recreation.散步、搞园艺、读书是安静的调节生活的方式。