school

school1
noun
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. (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
  5. (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
  1. [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
  1. (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
  1. 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
  1. 见 old school
the school of hard knocks
  1. 见 knock
school of thought
  1. 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
  1. Old English scōl, scolu, via Latin from Greek skholē 'leisure, philosophy, lecture-place', reinforced in Middle English by Old French escole

school2
noun
  1. a large group of fish or sea mammals
    鱼群;海兽群
verb
  1. [no obj.](of fish or sea mammals) form a large group
    (鱼,海兽)成群
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schōle, of West Germanic origin; related to Old English scolu 'troop'. Compare with shoal
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