pastime
n. 消遣,娛樂
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.
他最喜歡的消遣是打高爾夫。
1. a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly);
hobby, pastime, recreation
這些名詞均有"嗜好,消遣,娛樂"之意。
He insisted that his painting was merely a pastime that kept him from being bored.
他認為他畫畫只是為了擺脫無聊的一種消遣罷了.
Photography is her favourite pastime.
攝影是她喜愛的消遣.
It is these very novels that Miss Williams enjoyed reading a pastime.
威廉斯小姐作為消遣所讀的就是這些小說.
Baseball has been called America's national pastime through four seasons.
棒球一直被稱為美國全球的四季消遣.
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
定義和分析什麼是幽默是缺乏幽默感者的遊戲.