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单词 course
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coursenoun

uk/kɔːs/us/kɔːrs/

course noun (CLASSES)

A1 [ C ] a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually leading to an exam or qualification:

They're going away on a training course next week.
I'd like to do (US take) a writing course when I retire.
UK Tim did a three-year course in linguistics at Newcastle.

More examples

  • I did a course in creative writing.
  • Julie has signed up for courses on English and French this year.
  • There are still some vacancies for students in science and engineering courses.
  • The course comprises a class book, a practice book and an audio tape.
  • She's been offered a place on the nursing course.

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Classes & courses

  • access course
  • advanced
  • classwork
  • correspondence course
  • coursework
  • foundation course
  • homework
  • interdisciplinary
  • introduction
  • introductory course
  • lecture
  • module
  • practical
  • prep
  • reception
  • refresher
  • role play
  • sandwich course
  • schoolwork
  • seminar

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course noun (SPORTS AREA)

B1 [ C ] an area of land or water used for a sports event:

a golf course/cross-country course
See also
racecourse

More examples

  • He spends every weekend out on the golf course.
  • We walked the course the horses would have to run later.
  • The race was cancelled because the course was waterlogged.
  • He ran the course in less than an hour.
  • Flags mark the course the cyclists will be taking.

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Surfaces on which sports take place

  • 18-yard box
  • AstroTurf
  • bench
  • D, d
  • dry slope
  • far post
  • field
  • goalmouth
  • goalpost
  • golf course
  • groundsman
  • penalty area
  • penalty spot
  • pitch
  • recreation center
  • stretch
  • touch
  • touchline
  • track
  • unplayable

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course noun (DEVELOPMENT)

C1 [ S ] the often gradual development of something, or the way something happens, or a way of doing something:

Did the scandal have any effect on the course of the election?
In the course of (= during) the interview it became clear that he was not the right person for the job.
What would be an appropriate course (of action) in such a situation?
If our rivals are spending more on advertising, we'll have to follow the same course.
The defendants are also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
in the course of time UK

after a period of time:

I assume they plan to have children in the course of time.
in/with the course of time

UK gradually:

With the course of time, I've learned to live with my disability.

More examples

  • Once we have committed to this course of action there is no going back.
  • We came up against a lot of problems in the course of building our extension.
  • In the course of history, love has driven men and women to strange extremes.
  • I was grateful for his letter which hastened the course of the enquiry.
  • He has been accused of obstructing the course of justice .

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Ways of achieving things

  • a means to an end idiom
  • actively
  • another
  • approach
  • avenue
  • basis
  • fair
  • jump
  • mean
  • medium
  • mixed media
  • modality
  • modus operandi
  • one way or another idiom
  • one-handed
  • resort
  • vein
  • what's the drill for sth? idiom
  • whereby
  • workings

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In the future & soon
Spending time & time passing
Slow and moving slowly

course noun (DIRECTION)

C1 [ C usually singular, U ] the direction in which a vehicle, especially an aircraft, spacecraft, or ship, moves, or the path along which a river flows:

The pilot avoided a collision by changing course.
Changing the course of the river would cause serious environmental damage to the whole valley.
figurative The debate completely changed course after Liz made her speech.
on course

likely to happen, or likely to succeed as planned:

Because of the recession, we're on course for/to have record unemployment levels.

More examples

  • All attempts at diplomacy have broken down and the two states now appear to be on a collision course.
  • He drove in an erratic course down the road.
  • Some of the frontier between Germany and Poland follows the course of the river Oder
  • The ship held its course.
  • Most parents try to steer a middle course between imposing very strict discipline and letting their kids run wild.

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Making progress and advancing

  • a step forward idiom
  • advance
  • advancement
  • ahead
  • be cooking idiom
  • betterment
  • go great guns idiom
  • graduate
  • grow
  • grow into sb/sth
  • grow out of sth
  • have come a long way idiom
  • pan
  • rise
  • shape
  • simmer
  • speciation
  • spread your wings idiom
  • steer a course/path idiom
  • step

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Possible and probable

course noun (MEAL)

A2 [ C ] a part of a meal that is served separately from the other parts:

a four-course lunch
A traditional British main course consists of a meat dish with potatoes and other vegetables.

More examples

  • If you make the main course, I'll make a dessert.
  • I've only eaten one course and I'm already full.
  • By the time the fourth course was served, I was stuffed to the gills.
  • The average cost of a full three-course meal - appetizer, main course and dessert - including tip and a modest wine is about $25.
  • I had salmon for my main course.

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Meals & parts of meals

  • accompaniment
  • afternoon tea
  • afters
  • amuse-bouche
  • antipasto
  • dinner
  • dinner party
  • dinner time
  • elevenses
  • English breakfast
  • packed lunch
  • picnic
  • plate meal
  • ploughman's lunch
  • postprandial
  • tea party
  • teatime
  • tiffin
  • TV dinner
  • working lunch/breakfast

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course noun (MEDICAL TREATMENT)

[ C ] a fixed number of regular medical treatments:

My doctor's put me on a course of antibiotics.
UK She needed a six-month course of physiotherapy after she broke her leg.

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Medicine in different forms

  • anesthetic
  • bolus
  • counter
  • dose
  • drug
  • hormone replacement therapy
  • injection
  • medicate
  • medicinal
  • meds
  • ointment
  • pharma
  • placebo
  • preparation
  • radiotherapy
  • restorative
  • Rx
  • tonic
  • topical
  • vial

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course noun (LAYER)

[ C ] specialized architecture a continuous horizontal layer of bricks or other building material

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Building materials

  • adobe
  • airbrick
  • asbestos
  • asphalt
  • bitumen
  • boarding
  • flagstone
  • flitch
  • floorboard
  • flooring
  • hard core
  • lacquer
  • limestone
  • putty
  • razor wire
  • reinforced concrete
  • roofing
  • rubble
  • shingle
  • weatherboarding

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Idiom(s)

of course
of course not

courseverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]

uk/kɔːs/us/kɔːrs/formal

to flow quickly or in large amounts:

Tears were coursing down his cheeks.
You could almost hear the blood coursing through her veins as she passed the finishing line.
figurative A new wave of idealism is coursing through our schools.
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