English主要词典
furlough
Universal Words
noun [U,C]
1 permission to leave your duties for a period of time, especially for soldiers working in a foreign country:
to go home on furlough * a six-week furlough
2 (AmE) permission for a prisoner to leave prison for a period of time
3 (AmE) a period of time during which workers are told not to come to work, usually because there is not enough money to pay them
furlough verb [VN]