pastime
n. 消遣,娱乐
A pastime is something that you do in your spare time because you enjoy it or are interested in it.
His favourite pastime is golf.
他最喜欢的消遣是打高尔夫。
1. a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly);
hobby, pastime, recreation
这些名词均有"嗜好,消遣,娱乐"之意。
He insisted that his painting was merely a pastime that kept him from being bored.
他认为他画画只是为了摆脱无聊的一种消遣罢了.
Photography is her favourite pastime.
摄影是她喜爱的消遣.
It is these very novels that Miss Williams enjoyed reading a pastime.
威廉斯小姐作为消遣所读的就是这些小说.
Baseball has been called America's national pastime through four seasons.
棒球一直被称为美国全球的四季消遣.
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
定义和分析什么是幽默是缺乏幽默感者的游戏.