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单词 cap and gown
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cap and gown

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noun

a ceremonial mortarboard and gown worn by faculty, students, etc., as at commencement.
Compare academic costume.

Origin of cap and gown

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby cap and gown

capacitive reactance, capacitor, capacity, capactin, cap and bells, cap and gown, cap and trade, Capaneus, cap-a-pie, caparison, capataz
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Example sentences from the Web for cap and gown

  • Not the least of these is the consideration whether the cap-and-gown habit is becoming.

    The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner|Charles Dudley Warner
  • And there is nothing supercilious in the invitation of the cap-and-gown brigade to the young men to come up higher.

    The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner|Charles Dudley Warner

Idioms and Phrases with cap and gown

cap and gown

Ceremonial dress worn at graduation exercises; by extension, the academic community (also see town and gown. For example, Mary was very proud) when she received her cap and gown for commencement. [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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