| 单词 | schoolboy english |
| 释义 | > as lemmasschoolboy English schoolboy English n. the style of English used by schoolboys, esp. as being basic, coarse, literal, etc.; (also in later use) English as learned by a schoolboy as a second language, elementary English. ΚΠ 1769 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 122/2 The many exceptionable things I could point out in this translation, where the most wretched school-boy English disgraces an elegant work. 1835 J. Romilly Diary 6 July in Cambridge Diary (1967) 82 P. George of Camb. delighted me by his returning thanks, because it was good simple schoolboy English. 1893 Jrnl. Educ. 15 147/1 A useful lesson in style..converting..a brilliant piece of Ruskin into the baldest schoolboy English. 1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Apr. a14 A young recruit, eager to try his schoolboy English, leaned over with a..cheery ‘Hello! Welcome to Albania! How do you do?’ 2000 C. Thomas Novel Stud. 7 Read the first chapter aloud. This will help students hear the 1950s schoolboy English used in the novel. < as lemmas |
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