释义
[ vahr -si-tee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvɑr sɪ ti / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural var·si·ties. any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like: He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.
Chiefly British Informal . university.
adjective of or relating to a university or school team, activity, or competition: a varsity debater.
Origin of varsity 1840–50; compare versity university, in 17th century; pronunciation probably preserves historical outcome of Middle English ĕr, as in varmint
OTHER WORDS FROM varsity in·ter·var·si·ty, adjective Words nearby varsity varnishing day, varnish tree, varoom, Varro, varroa, varsity , Varsovian, Varuna, varus, varve, vary
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Example sentences from the Web for varsity Army B-squad players who fail to make it onto the varsity team after a year or two usually quit football.
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When he next tried out for the varsity , he weighed 174 pounds and was faster than he had been on his arrival at West Point.
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Her grandson Kane is a freshman and is playing for both the JV and varsity squads.
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The Varsity Chiefs are awesome, and the engine for this devastating hardwood machine is point guard Buell Robinson.
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She is a varsity track star, a champion baton-twirler, and a volunteer at Cortland Memorial Hospital.
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Tom Ashley, Senior and 'Varsity fullback, with his eyes wet in spite of himself, set his face to the west.
Stanford Stories | Charles K. Field
Next year, so the sporting writers opined, he would almost certainly make the Varsity team.
Mary-'Gusta | Joseph C. Lincoln
Consequently the rash starter of a varsity rag is compelled to retire from the lists after the first two or three issues.
Rowlandson's Oxford | A. Hamilton Gibbs
Tom had just obliterated a 150-pound halfback, who had lost the ball, the use of his legs and his Varsity aspirations altogether.
Football Days | William H. Edwards
If Worry had picked any more players for the varsity , Ken could not tell who they were.
The Young Pitcher | Zane Grey
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British Dictionary definitions for varsity noun plural -ties British , NZ and Southern African informal university, formerly used esp at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge
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