late Middle English hobyn, hoby, from pet forms of the given name Robin. Originally in sense 2 (compare with dobbin), it later came to denote a toy horse or hobby horse, hence a pastime, something done for pleasurelate Middle English: from Old French hobet, diminutive of hobefalcon
英英釋義網絡釋義
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
-hobby
1 . 業余愛好
業余愛好(Hobby)hobbies are very important to a person. without having any hobby, life won't be as colorful as it should be. i have a variety of.
2 . 癖好
Growing flowers is his hobby., 種花是他的癖好.
3 . 興趣
兩者詞性不同,詞義也有差別。hobby是名詞,指“嗜好、興趣、業余愛好”。如:One of her hobbies is collecting stamps.
4 . 愛好的
life without a hobbyis boring .沒有愛好的生活很乏味。
相關詞條
+a hobby
1 . 一種愛好
Was it a hobby for them , too ?, 畫畫對他們來講也是一種愛好嗎?
+my hobby
1 . 我的愛好
No , I don ' t . my hobby is making cakes ., 不 , 我不收集 . 我的愛好是做蛋糕.
+hobbies :
1 . 嗜好﹕
hobbies : playing , coaching and umpiring softball ; playing trumpet for various ensembles , bands and orchestras .嗜好﹕壘球-壘球手,教練,裁判員?喇叭手-樂器小組,樂隊,管弦樂隊。
+his hobby
1 . 他的愛好
David was a young man who worked in an office in a big city . his hobby was fishing , but he did not often get a chance to practice it .戴維是一位在某大城市機關里工作的年輕人,他的愛好是釣魚,可是他卻并非常常有機會一顯身手。