school
age 1782 |
talk to Kim’s teacher.
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We need more money for roads, hospitals
and schoob.
school buildings #e# 2 [U] (used without the or a the fP a A) the
process of learning in a school; the time during your life when you go to a
school ± A; ± A$fi£: {BrE) to startAeave school A A; (
W
) HJFA# o {NAmE)
to start/quit school A A; (
)
HTF A^ 0 Where did you go to school? jfo if M ± l-tfj A ? 0 {BrE) All my kids are still at
school (ft A 0 0 {NAmE) All my kids are
still in
school fktftjkAH^A A Ao 0 (NAmE) to teach school (= teach in a school)
fit 45 o The transition from school to work can be difficult. Mf &—
$£^%W#RFjI3 [U] (used without the or aX the fP a the time during the day
when children are working in a school ± if '( §£ A A )
W|b] : Shall
1
meet you after school today?
0
School begins at 9. * 9 ± if 0 0 The kids are
at/in school until 3.30. & =f f] PJ
►
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ijf t 4 the school [sing ] all the children or
students and the teachers in a school At$
A:
I
had to stand up in front of the whole school.
►
FOR PARTICULAR SKILL Jtf ft A | ] ji'ffe 5 [C] (often in
compounds a place where people go to
learn
a particular subject or skill ^rik Alf; A#e:
a drama/language/riding, etc. school , iHHr,
►
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY A^A 6 [C, U] {NAmE, informal) a college or
university; the time that you spend there A gt; A ^; A A ^ W $]: famous schoob like
Yale and Harvard ff ff|$ # fa R& B & # ift # £ A A o Where did you go to school? ^ If: #!$P
M A (ft A A ? — see also graduate school 7 [c] a department of
a college or university that teaches a particular subject (
(ft
) A gt, %: the business/medical/law
school (§3 A
|£; HAI£; &Al£ 0 the School o/Dentistry
►
OF WRITERS/ARTISTS f] A A A A 8 [C] a group of
writers, artists, etc. whose style of work or opinions have been influenced by
the same person or ideas A if; : the Dutch school of painting jnf A Hi zf
►
OF FISH 1 9 [C] a large number of fish
or other sea
animals, swimming together : a school of dolphins -f&MM — compare shoal(I)
IS1 j| J There are many compounds
ending in school.
You
will find them at their place in the alphabet. IM schooligmtfjM&Tsimg, rm#A#Afftit^fta^ fiJo IT7TX1 school(s) of
'thought a
way of thinking that a number of people share A if: There are two schoob of
thought about how thb illness should be treated. A A WWif Al^lMJEo —more
at OLD
■
verb
►
YOURSELF/ANIMAL U B ; Atl 1 ~ sb/yourself (in
sth)
(formal) to train
sb/yourself/an animal to do sth ill| H;
[vn] to school a horse ^)I|S, o she had schooled
herself in patience, fttfc $1 ^ T S B (ft if 14 0 0 [VN to inf]
1
have schooled myself to remain calm under
pressure.
►
CHILD JL it 2 [VN] {formal) to educate a child
ifc W;
#:
She
should be schooled with her peers.
BRITISH/AMERICAN
at
* in school
In
BrE somebody who is
attending school is at school.
H
Aio A, at school AAAA: / was at school with her sister. In
NAmE in school is used. in school IItjn:
I have a ten-year-old in school. WAAA (ft^AAA Ao In school in NAmE can also mean ‘attending
a university’. AH^i&lft in school ^«I^A.hAAo
GRAMMAR
POINT school
2
When a school is being referred to as an institution,
you
do not need to use the. * school AH
the:
When do the children finish school? &. AllTfr AW#Aik? When you
are talking about a particular building, the is used. the: I’ll meet
you outside the school. W(E Al^kiS Prison, jail, court, and church work in the same way. * prison, jail, court
church (ftAlr&jf [SJ: Her husband spent three years in prison,
ftk AA
3
o note at college, hospital
'school
age noun [U] the age or period
when a child normally attends school AM; A M $3: children of school age AMJLA o school-age children AMJLS school-boy /'skuilboi/ noun
a boy who attends school ( A#tW ) note at
student
school-child
/'skurltjaild/
noun {pi. schoolchildren /-tfildran/) (also informal
school-kid)
a
child who attends school Ait; AAA o note at student
school-days
/'skuildeiz/
noun [pi ] the period in your life when you go to school A A Wft: She hadn’t seen Laura
since her schooldays. (A g
'school
district noun (in the
mm, >
school-fellow
/'skuilfelao;
NAmE -lou/ noun {old- fashioned) a person that you are or were at
school with
'school
friend (also
less frequent school-mate) noun {especially BrE) a friend who attends
or attended the same school as you A A; N W; $£&: She met up with
some of her old (= former) school friends. ftfciSJEAA3-;
[WJA.
SChool-girl
/'sku:lg3il;
NAmE -g3:rl/ noun a girl who attends school ( A$t&tJ )
^cAA> note at student school-house /'skurlhaus/ noun
1
a school building, especially a small one in a village in the past ( %fa\B WA’KftJ ) 2a house for
a teacher next to a small school ( AMAf£#iMJ ) MA& schoolie /'skuili/ noun
{AustralE) a school student at the end of his or her time at school Aik^J
AAA 'Schoolies
Week (also
Schoolies)
noun [u] (in Australia) a time
in November or December each year when Year 12 (final-year) school students
celebrate leaving school by having a holiday/vacation in a town with a beach ( ^AA“"J! ^A“^ MX
MM 12 )
school
ing /‘skuihrj/
noun [u] the education you receive at school A^cfkW: secondary schooling A%tfcW 0 He had very little
schooling. jlki^AM/lAAo school-kid /'skuilkid/ noun
{informal) = schoolchild .school-'leaver noun (BrE) a person
who has just left school, especially when they are looking for a job ( X taltikl# ) A^AikA, JSHA:
the
problem of rising unemployment among school-leavers AikAAikAlk^fi
.school-'leaving
age noun [sing.] {BrE) the
age at which a school student is legally allowed to leave school permanently ( ) A^AnJHSAM
school-marm
/'skuilmaim;
NAmE -ma:rm/ noun {disapproving, especially NAmE) a woman who
teaches in a school, especially one who is old-fashioned and strict ( ) ^cUcilip ►
school-marm-ish adj.
school-master
/'sku:lma:st8(r); NAmE -mass-/,
school
mistress /'skuilmistras/
noun {old-fashioned, especially BrE) a teacher in a school, especially a
private school ( X It % fL A A A W ) f S( ffl — compare
master n.{ 5)
school-mate
/'skuilmeit/
noun {especially BrE)
= SCHOOL FRIEND