| 单词 | primary school |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprimary school primary school n. [after French école primaire (1791)] Education a school where young children are taught, a first or elementary school; spec. (a) (in the United Kingdom) a school for children between the ages of about five and eleven; (b) North American an elementary school, esp. one covering the first three or four grades (sometimes including kindergarten). ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > primary school under-school1629 primer schoola1680 proseminary1774 primary school1792 dame-schoola1817 pettya1827 ma'am-school1838 elementary school1841 primary1851 prep school1862 minding-school1864 junior school1871 tother school1881 marm school1889 preparatory1904 terakoya1909 prep1924 prepper1956 1792Primary Schools [see sense A. 9]. 1842 Biblical Repertory Apr. 219 The thing is made to suit the latitude of every college, academy,..primary school, infant school, [etc.]..in the republic. 1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography Pref. 6 The boys and girls who pass through an ordinary primary school. 1902 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 22 Oct. 1/3 The speaker referred to the growing tendency in primary schools to minimize the importance of ‘number work’. 1958 K. Lovell Educ. Psychol. & Children xvi. 198 The primary school child like the pre-school child has his fears and anxieties. 1990 R. H. Bork Tempting of Amer. 48 The Society of Sisters operated primary schools that taught the subjects usually taught in the public schools and also provided systematic religious instruction. 2004 Daily Tel. 25 Aug. 18/3 When I was young, the ‘nit-nurse’ was a regular feature at primary school. < as lemmas |
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