an institution for educating children 学校 Ryder's children did not go to school at all. 莱德的孩子们根本没上学。 [asmodifier]school books. 课本。 ■the buildings used by such an institution 学校建筑,校舍 the cost of building a new school. 建新校的成本。 ■[treated as pl.]the pupils and staff of a school 全校师生 the headmaster was addressing the whole school. 校长正向全校讲话。 ■[mass noun]a day's work at school; lessons (一天的)功课;上课 school started at 7 a.m. 学校早上七点开始上课。 ■[with adj.](figurative)used to describe the type of circumstances in which someone was brought up (喻)成长环境 I was brought up in a hard school and I don't forget it. 我成长于艰苦环境,我不会忘记。
any institution at which instruction is given in a particular discipline 专科学校 a dancing school. 舞蹈学校。 ■(N. Amer. informal). another term for university (北美,非正式)。 同university ■a department or faculty of a university concerned with a particular subject of study (大学的)系;科;院 the School of Dental Medicine. 牙医学系。
a group of people, particularly writers, artists, or philosophers, sharing the same or similar ideas, methods, or style (作家、画家或哲学家的)学派 the Frankfurt school of critical theory. 批评理论的法兰克福学派。 ■[with adj. or noun modifier]a style, approach, or method of a specified character 流派 film-makers are tired of the skin-deep school of cinema. 制片人厌倦了肤浅的电影流派。
(schools)(Brit.)(at Oxford University) the hall in which final examinations are held (英)(牛津大学的)期末考试大厅 ■the examinations themselves (牛津大学的)期末考试
(Brit.)a group of people gambling together (英)一伙赌徒 a poker school. 一伙玩扑克牌的赌徒。 ■a group of people drinking together in a bar and taking turns to buy the drinks (轮番到酒吧请客喝酒的)酒友
verb
[with obj.](chiefly formal or N. Amer.)send to school; educate (主正式或北美)送…上学;使受教育 Taverier was born in Paris and schooled in Lyon. 塔佛利亚生于巴黎,在里昂受的教育。 ■train or discipline (someone) in a particular skill or activity 训练;培养 he schooled her in horsemanship. 他教她马术。 it's important to school yourself to be good at exams. 你有必要训练自己的应试技巧。 ■(Riding)train (a horse) on the flat or over fences (马术)训练(马)在平地比赛(或跨越障碍)
adjective
(S. African)(of a Xhosa) educated and westernized (南非)(科萨人)受过西化教育的。 比较red (义项4) ■(of a name) of Western origin (名字)源自西方的
常用词组 leave school
finish one's education 毕业;离校,辍学 he left school at 16. 他16岁时毕业离校。
of (或 from) the old school
见 old school
the school of hard knocks
见 knock
school of thought
a particular way of thinking, especially one not followed by the speaker (尤指说话人不赞同的)思潮 there is a school of thought that says 1960s office blocks should be refurbished as residential accommodation. 有一种思潮认为60年代的办公街区应重新装修用作住宅。
语源
Old English scōl, scolu, via Latin from Greek skholē 'leisure, philosophy, lecture-place', reinforced in Middle English by Old French escole
school2 noun
a large group of fish or sea mammals 鱼群;海兽群
verb
[no obj.](of fish or sea mammals) form a large group (鱼,海兽)成群
语源
late Middle English: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schōle, of West Germanic origin; related to Old English scolu 'troop'. Compare with shoal