| 释义 |
al·ma ma·ter
\|almə|mä]d.ə(r), -mȧ], ]tə- also |äl- or -mā-\ noun
(plural alma maters \-ə(r)z\ ; also al·mae ma·tres \|alˌmī- |mä.ˌtrās, |äl-, -mȧ-; |al(ˌ)mē|mā.(ˌ)trēz\)
Etymology: Latin, fostering mother (applied as a title to such goddesses as Ceres and Cybele)
1. : a school (as a college or university) which one has attended and usually from which one has graduated
2. : the song or hymn of a school or college |