| 单词 | lower sixth |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslower sixth (form) 6. Designating the junior division of a numbered form or class in a school, esp. a British public school. Now chiefly in lower sixth (form). Cf. upper adj. 9b(a), form n. 6b, also lower school n. at Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > division of pupils > form or class form1560 first forma1602 remove1718 shell1736 sixth-form1807 lower sixth (form)1818 pettya1827 grade1835 the twenty1857 baby class1860 standard1862 nursery class1863 primer1885 reception class1902 sixth form1938 reception1975 1818 N. Carlisle Conc. Descr. Endowed Gram. Schools Eng. & Wales II. 149 The School Forms [at Harrow] are thus divided:—Sixth Form, {Monitors, the Ten Senior. Upper Sixth. Lower Sixth.} Fifth.—{Upper Fifth. Lower Fifth.} [etc.]. 1842 Fraser's Mag. 26 168/2 There were two Sleaths—William and John—in my time, at Rugby, one having the lower fourth form, and the other the lower third. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. viii. 181 He and the other lower-fourth boys. 1901 Mod. Lang. Q. July 97/2 The usual age at which boys begin German is thirteen, i.e. on reaching the Lower Third Form. 1918 G. Williams Probl. of Restoration 78 He had done well in the lower fourth grade and in February was promoted to the upper fourth grade... In June, 1916 he was promoted to the lower fifth grade. 1969 Guardian 7 Nov. 13/1 The old exam-room diktat ‘Write on both sides of the page’ is all right for the lower fifth, less so for the learned clerks of the House of Commons. 1995 Scotsman (Nexis) 24 Feb. Twelve pupils in lower sixth (S5) at Merchiston Castle School this month visited the Cite des Sciences. 2002 Daily Tel. 16 Oct. 21/5 As they typically drop a subject after one year, pupils are now taking more modules in the lower sixth than they are in the upper sixth. < as lemmas |
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