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单词 redbrick
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redbrick

or red-brick

[ red-brik ]
/ ˈrɛdˌbrɪk /

adjective British Informal.(sometimes initial capital letter)

of, relating to, or associated with a redbrick university.

Origin of redbrick

First recorded in 1705–15; red1 + brick

Words nearby redbrick

red bone marrow, red book, Red Branch, red brass, redbreast, redbrick, redbrick university, Redbridge, Red Brigades, redbud, redbug
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for redbrick

  • Outside, Butch and Leon leaned on a corner of the redbrick building and smoked a cigarette.

    John Grisham's First Short Story: Part Two|John Grisham|October 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST
  • One was a square, red-brick mansion in the centre of the village, surrounded by a high, redbrick wall enclosing a garden.

    The Weavers, Complete|Gilbert Parker

British Dictionary definitions for redbrick

redbrick
/ (ˈrɛdˌbrɪk) /

noun

(modifier) denoting, relating to, or characteristic of a provincial British university of relatively recent foundation, esp as distinguished from Oxford and Cambridge
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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