释义 |
tutee orig. U.S.|tjuːˈtiː| [f. tutor v. + -ee1.] A university student (in relation to his tutor); a pupil of a private tutor.
1927Amer. Speech II. 214/1 Tutee, English ‘pupil’. I met this queer coinage in two academic publications. 1937Life 7 June 58/2 Wolff at work is a two-hour torrent of words covering the high spots of a whole college course. Tutees take hasty notes, try to remember what he says overnight. 1952M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) i. 6 He was feeling more than half tempted to take the letter over to the main hall and post it on the faculty bulletin board, before the arrival of the eleven-o'clock tutee. 1975D. Lodge Changing Places i. 19 His girl tutees suddenly began to dress like prostitutes. |