释义 |
ˈboarding-school A school in which scholars are boarded as well as taught. Also attrib.
1677Lond. Gaz. No. 1180/4 In Oxford there is set up a Boarding School for young Gentlewomen (by John Waver, Master in the Art of Dancing). 1713Swift Cadenus and V. 767 A blockhead with melodious voice In boarding-schools can have his choice. 1812Examiner 28 Dec. 827/1 Every..boarding-school miss. 1884Pall Mall G. 30 Aug. 5/1 History treated from the boarding-school point of view. |