| 释义 |
schooling
noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English scoling, from scole school + -ing
1.
a. : instruction in or attendance at school
< had to interrupt his schooling to go to work >
: education in an institution of learning
< the state now takes responsibility for schooling >
b. : training, guidance, or discipline derived from experience or contact with experts
< a long and arduous schooling as a performer in several of the best bands — Irving Kolodin >
2. archaic : chastisement for correction : reproof, reprimand
3. : tuition or tuition and maintenance in a school : the cost of instruction and maintenance
< pay a boy's schooling >
4. : the training of a horse for service
< schooling a horse to lead >
< gave the filly thorough schooling in the gaits >
as
a. : the teaching and exercising of horse and rider in the formal techniques of equitation and coordination therein (as in a riding school)
b. : the teaching and exercising of a horse in jumping techniques
c. : the training of a race horse to break from a starting gate |