Definition of Oxbridge in English:

Oxbridge

noun ˈɒksbrɪdʒˈɑksˌbrɪdʒ

Oxford and Cambridge universities regarded together.
as modifier Oxbridge colleges
Example sentencesExamples
- The BBC has lost the rights to broadcast the Oxbridge Boat Race after more than fifty years of exclusively covering the event.
- There was the Oxbridge model: residential, tutorial, character-forming.
- Crispin is bumbling up the corridor like a fading Oxbridge academic.
- The exceptions are the Oxbridge people who exercise so much power in the universities, the civil service and political life.
- The Oxbridge postgraduate community is much more mixed and meritocratic than the undergraduate body.

Origin

Mid 19th century: blend of Oxford¹ and Cambridge.

Definition of Oxbridge in US English:

Oxbridge

nounˈɑksˌbrɪdʒˈäksˌbrij

Oxford and Cambridge universities regarded together.
as modifier Oxbridge colleges
Example sentencesExamples
- The BBC has lost the rights to broadcast the Oxbridge Boat Race after more than fifty years of exclusively covering the event.
- Crispin is bumbling up the corridor like a fading Oxbridge academic.
- The exceptions are the Oxbridge people who exercise so much power in the universities, the civil service and political life.
- There was the Oxbridge model: residential, tutorial, character-forming.
- The Oxbridge postgraduate community is much more mixed and meritocratic than the undergraduate body.

Origin

Mid 19th century: blend of Oxford and Cambridge.

单词	Oxbridge
释义	Definition of Oxbridge in English: Oxbridge noun ˈɒksbrɪdʒˈɑksˌbrɪdʒ Oxford and Cambridge universities regarded together. as modifier Oxbridge colleges Example sentencesExamples The BBC has lost the rights to broadcast the Oxbridge Boat Race after more than fifty years of exclusively covering the event. There was the Oxbridge model: residential, tutorial, character-forming. Crispin is bumbling up the corridor like a fading Oxbridge academic. The exceptions are the Oxbridge people who exercise so much power in the universities, the civil service and political life. The Oxbridge postgraduate community is much more mixed and meritocratic than the undergraduate body. Origin Mid 19th century: blend of Oxford¹ and Cambridge. Definition of Oxbridge in US English: Oxbridge nounˈɑksˌbrɪdʒˈäksˌbrij Oxford and Cambridge universities regarded together. as modifier Oxbridge colleges Example sentencesExamples The BBC has lost the rights to broadcast the Oxbridge Boat Race after more than fifty years of exclusively covering the event. Crispin is bumbling up the corridor like a fading Oxbridge academic. The exceptions are the Oxbridge people who exercise so much power in the universities, the civil service and political life. There was the Oxbridge model: residential, tutorial, character-forming. The Oxbridge postgraduate community is much more mixed and meritocratic than the undergraduate body. Origin Mid 19th century: blend of Oxford and Cambridge.
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