Word · Frequency #6000
hobbies
业余爱好；嗜好
hobbies is the plural of hobby.
核心释义
An activity done regularly for pleasure in one's spare time.
- 1.
An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
- 2.
Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.
- 3.
辅助活动
an auxiliary activity
- 4.
An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby.
- 5.
一种儿童玩具,形似装在摇杆上的假马,孩子骑在上面假装骑马。
a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
- 6.
Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).
- 7.
一种小型东半球隼,旧时被训练来捕猎小鸟。
small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
摇木马；玩具木马；热衷的话题；燕隼；爱尔兰哈比马；辅助活动
用法In use
My grandmother took up painting as a hobby after she retired.
用法提示：此处hobby作名词，表示‘业余爱好’。
One of my hobbies is collecting vintage stamps from around the world.
用法提示：此处hobbies是hobby的复数形式，表示多种爱好。
He spends every weekend working on his hobby of restoring old cars.
用法提示：此处hobby作名词，后接of短语说明具体爱好内容。
sb's hobby is (doing) sth
My hobby is reading books.
我的业余爱好是读书。
take up a hobby
强调开始从事一项新爱好。
She took up painting as a hobby.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- have a hobby
- 有业余爱好
- Everyone should have a hobby to relax.每个人都应该有一个业余爱好来放松。
- pursue a hobby
- 追求/从事业余爱好
- She pursues her hobby of painting in her free time.她在空闲时间从事绘画的业余爱好。
- favorite hobby
- 最喜欢的业余爱好
- My favorite hobby is reading science fiction.我最喜欢的业余爱好是读科幻小说。
- take up a hobby
- 开始培养一个业余爱好
- He decided to take up a hobby like gardening.他决定开始培养一个爱好，比如园艺。
- hobby horse
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一个木马（hobby horse），代表你的业余爱好。
语境与语域Context & Register
业余爱好 (register: neutral, contexts: 日常对话、兴趣介绍、个人简介；note: 通常指休闲时喜欢的活动，是最常见的用法。)
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All words rhyme with 'hobby' in General American and Southern British English (stressed vowel /ɑ/ or /ɒ/ + /bi/). Note: 'knobby' and 'nobby' are homophones.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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