| 单词 | school of industry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasschool (also college) of industry school (also college) of industry n. now historical a school in which various industrial occupations are taught; spec. an industrial school for the neglected poor. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > technical school school (also college) of industry1695 working school1695 technical school1824 polytechnic1836 junior technical school1929 1695 J. Bellers (title) Proposals for raising a Colledge of Industry of all useful Trades and Husbandry. 1752 W. Chaigneau Hist. Jack Connor I. vi. 56 From the Bounty and infinite Labours of a truly Right Reverend Prelate, sprung those Schools of Industry, now known by the Name of the Incorporated Society, for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland. 1789 (title) Plan of the Sunday Schools and School of Industry established in the City of Bath. 1826 New Eng. Farmer 24 Nov. 137/2 Now, what these schools undertake to do for a few hours of each week, during one or two years of a boy's life, the School of Industry at Hofwyl does incessantly during the whole course of his youth. 1882 E. R. Pitman Mission Life in Greece 68 She said that she was most of all pleased with the school of industry, because it was confined to the poor. 1927 Sci. Monthly Nov. 469/1 His plan was to build up in this community a School of Industry which should teach the ‘Conquest of Nature’. 1989 I. Taylor George Eliot (1990) ii. 15 He helped administer the workhouse (euphemistically entitled the Chilvers Coton College of Industry). 2009 S. Rockman Scraping By v. 137 Rumford's School of Industry served to discipline beggars but also to provide employment for the deserving poor. < as lemmas |
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