| 单词 | house colour |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse colour house colour n. (usually in plural) one of the colours of a house in a school (see colour n.1 19b(a)), esp. as worn or won by those representing it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > general equipment > [noun] > colours of house house colour1867 society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > colours > of school, club, or team colour1577 house colour1867 school colour1876 1867 Marlburian 4 Dec. 199/1 The reform of 1866, with its attendant 2nd and 3rd eleven house-matches, house-colours, etc. 1867 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 489 Every house at Harrow has its own distinguishing..shirt in the football field, and each boy is bound to wear his house colour. 1914 ‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life viii. 224 Have you got your House colours? 1939 ‘G. Orwell’ in Crit. Ess. (1946) 63 That mystic world of quadrangles and house-colours. 2006 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 Nov. 24/8 The..focus on the excellent game of Eton fives..reminds me that I earned house colours..my major and only lifetime sporting achievement. < as lemmas |
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