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单词 school
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schoolnoun

uk/skuːl/us/skuːl/

school noun (EDUCATION)

A1 [ C or U ] a place where children go to be educated:

UK a primary/secondary school
US an elementary/a middle/a high school
Milton Road School
They're building a new school in the town.
She drives the kids to school every morning.
I went to school with (= I went to the same school at the same time as) Luke's brother.
UK I was at school with Luke's brother.
Is Emily in/at school today or is she still ill?
What did you learn at school today
Which school do you go to (formal attend)?
school lunches/uniform/buildings

A1 [ U ] the period of your life during which you go to school, or the teaching and learning activities which happen at school:

Most children start/begin school at the age of five.
What do you want to do when you leave school (= finish studying at school)?
I love/hate school.
US My sister teaches school (= teaches children in a school) in New York City.

A2 [ U ] the time during the day when children are studying in school:

before/after school
School starts at 9 a.m. and finishes at 3.30 p.m.

[ C + sing/pl verb ] all the children and teachers at a school:

The whole school is/are delighted about Joel's success in the championships.

[ C or U ] a part of a college or university specializing in a particular subject or group of subjects:

the School of Oriental and African Studies
She went to medical school in Edinburgh.

A2 [ C ] a place where people can study a particular subject either some of the time or all of the time:

a driving/dancing school
the London Business School

B1 [ U ] US a college or university or the time that a student spends there:

We first met in graduate school (= while doing a second or third university degree).
We went to school together in Atlanta.

More examples

  • a school concert
  • a school desk
  • I drove my daughter to school.
  • We were at school together.
  • I was getting the kids ready for school.

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Types of school

  • alma mater
  • business school
  • charter school
  • coed
  • coeducational
  • college
  • comprehensive school
  • convent school
  • faith school
  • fee-paying
  • finishing school
  • grammar school
  • high school
  • independent school
  • infant
  • junior
  • junior school
  • madrasa
  • parochial school
  • single-sex

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Schools in general
Days & times of day
Students & pupils
University & college education

school noun (GROUP)

[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of painters, writers, poets, etc. whose work is similar, especially similar to that of a particular leader:

the Flemish School
the Impressionist school of painting

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Groups of people

  • alliance
  • an
  • assemblage
  • band
  • bee
  • corps
  • crop
  • galaxy
  • gang
  • ginger group
  • group
  • grouping
  • quarter
  • think tank
  • threesome
  • throng
  • tribe
  • trio
  • triumvirate
  • wing

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Artists

school noun (SEA CREATURES)

[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a large number of fish or other sea creatures swimming in a group:

a school of dolphins/whales

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Animal groupings

  • bevy
  • biomass
  • brood
  • colony
  • covey
  • drove
  • eusocial
  • flight
  • flock
  • gaggle
  • herd
  • hive
  • menagerie
  • pack
  • pair
  • pod
  • pride
  • shoal
  • stable
  • swarm

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Idiom(s)

school of hard knocks

schoolverb [ T ]

uk/skuːl/us/skuːl/formal

to train a person or animal to do something:

It takes a lot of patience to school a dog/horse.
[ + to infinitive ] You must school yourself to be tolerant.

[ T often passive ] to teach a child:

Her children are well schooled in correct behaviour.

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Teaching in general

  • CAL
  • CLIL
  • clue
  • clue sb in
  • drum
  • engage
  • homeschool
  • hothousing
  • instruction
  • instructional
  • popularize
  • special educational needs
  • teach
  • teach sb a lesson idiom
  • that'll teach sb idiom
  • tutelage
  • upskill
  • upskilling
  • wean
  • wean sb on sth

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