单词	semester
释义	semesterse‧mes‧ter /səˈmestə $ -ər/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsemester Origin: 1800-1900 German, Latin semestris ‘half-yearly’, from sex ‘six’ + mensis ‘month’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Fall semester starts the 28th of August. He attended Bennington College for three semesters. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Both were involved in high-profile incidents last semester that heightened racial tensions on campus. By the time the fall semester began, Helen had found a new, larger place, in Washington Heights. Changes in the academic year are also envisaged, with extra students being accommodated in a series of semesters. Scotch and Bubba excelled in their fall semester. Students take a sequence of two or three specialized courses together each semester. The report recommended that each midshipman and cadet spend a semester at another service academy. Two classes of students at George Washington University over two semesters worked with the database and augmented the semantic net on-line. What a semester it was going to be! Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorone of the periods into which the year is divided at school, university etc► term one of the three periods that the year is divided into at British school and most British universities; in the US, a name for any of the main periods into which a school year is divided: · As a graduate student, he spent a term at Wichita State University.· The main exams are at the end of the summer term. ► semester one of the two or three periods that the year is divided into at American schools and most American universities: · He attended Bennington College for three semesters.fall/spring semester: · Fall semester starts the 28th of August. ► the school year/the academic year the period of the year when there are school or university classes: · In Japan the school year starts in April and ends in February or March.· The end of the academic year with its final exams is very stressful for many students. ► quarter one of the four main periods that the year is divided into at some American schools and universities: fall/winter/spring/summer quarter: · She was back in Michigan in time to teach spring quarter. WORD SETS► College AA, nounacademia, nounacademic, adjectiveacademic, nounacademy, nounalum, nounalumna, nounalumni, nounalumnus, nounassistant professor, nounAssociate of Arts, nounassociate professor, nounaudit, verbBA, nounbachelor's degree, nounBig Man on Campus, nounblue book, nounbrother, nounBSc, nounbursar, nounbursary, nouncampus, nounCantab, chair, nounchancellery, nounchancellor, nounclass, nouncoed, nouncommencement, nouncommunity college, nounconservatoire, nounconservatory, nounconvocation, nouncourse, nouncredit, nouncum laude, adverbdean, noundean's list, noundiploma, noundissertation, noundoctor, noundoctoral, adjectivedoctorate, nounDoctor of Philosophy, noundon, noundorm, noundormitory, noundouble first, noundown, adverbelective, nounexaminer, nounextension, nounextramural, adjectivefaculty, nounfinancial aid, nounfirst class, noungrad, noungrad school, noungraduate, noungraduate, verbgraduate, adjectivegraduate school, noungraduation, nounGRE, nounGreek, nounhall, nounhall of residence, nounhaze, verbhigher education, nounhomecoming, nounhonor roll, nounhonours degree, nounintercollegiate, adjectiveintramural, adjectiveIvy League, the, adjectivejoint honours, nounjunior college, nounlectureship, nounLLB, nounLLD, nounLLM, nounMA, nounmagna cum laude, adjectivemajor, nounMaster of Arts, nounMaster of Science, nounmaster's, nounmaster's degree, nounmatriculate, verbmature student, nounMBA, nounMEd, nounmedic, nounmedical school, nounMFA, nounmidterm, nounMilitary Academy, nounminor, nounMLitt, nounmortarboard, nounMPhil, nounM.Sc., nounOpen University, the, option, nounoral, nounOxbridge, nounPhD, nounPhi Beta Kappa, nounpledge, nounpledge, verbpoly, nounpolytechnic, nounpost doctoral, adjectivepost-grad, nounpostgraduate, nounpostgraduate, adjectivepractical, nounprof, nounprofessor, nounprofessorial, adjectiveprofessorship, nounProvost, nounqualified, adjectivequarter, nounrag, nounread, verbreadership, nounredbrick, adjectiverush, verbrush, nounsandwich course, nounschool, nounsemester, nounseminar, nounseminary, nounsenate, nounsenior, nounsingle honours, nounsophomore, nounsorority, nounspring break, nounstate university, nounstudent union, nounsubject, nounsumma cum laude, adverbsummer school, nounsurvey course, nounsyllabus, nountech, nountechnical college, nountenure, nountermly, adjectivetertiary education, nountheological college, nounthesis, nounthird, nounthird class, nountutor, nountutorial, nountutorial, adjective2.1, nountwo-two, nounU., undergraduate, noununi, nounUniv., university, nounupperclassman, nounupperclasswoman, nounvac, nounvacation, nounvarsity, nounvice-chancellor, nounvisiting professor, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► fall · By the time the fall semester began, Helen had found a new, larger place, in Washington Heights.· Scotch and Bubba excelled in their fall semester.· Stacy said the fliers showed the type of mentality the university has been forced to confront since the fall semester began.· They are less than a month into the fall semester and the students are still borrowing the verb forms from the questions.· The fall semester also means sports. ► spring · In the spring semester Gordon taught two seminars and took on more than a dozen students for independent study projects.· Toward the end of the spring semester I had lunch with Moyibi Amoda in the faculty lounge. one of the two periods of time that a year at high schools and universities is divided into, especially in the US:  the fall semester → term1(5), quarter1(8)
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