单词 | swotting |
释义 | swottingn. slang. = swot n. 1; hard work at one's studies. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [noun] > diligent or hard study studiousness1530 sapping1821 swot1850 grind1857 sapa1862 swotting1873 mugging1901 groise1913 1873 Punch 11 Jan. 19/2 For downright hard ‘swotting’ there's no place like School. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 179 ‘Swotting’ or ‘mugging up’ is only considered good form if a person is on the point of taking an exam. 1974 ‘J. Herriot’ Vet in Harness v. 37 He had been blessed with the kind of brain which made swotting irrelevant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1873 |
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