单词 | matric dance |
释义 | > as lemmasmatric dance b. The final year of high school in which pupils study for their matriculation or school-leaving examination. Frequently attributive in matric class, matric dance, matric year, etc. ΚΠ 1972 M. L. Edelstein What do Young Africans Think? 115 The attitudes of 200 Bantu matric pupils..were studied. 1976 M. Tholo in C. Hermer Diary Maria Tholo (1980) 110 The oldest two were in Matric, another one in J.C. [= Junior Certificate] and the baby in Standard 2. 1980 C. Hope Separate Devel. (1983) 60 Looking back to the big night of the matric dance I tremble at my ignorance, my gullibility. 1987 Drum (Johannesburg) Dec. 22 In her matric class she was the only one to get a university exemption pass in 1955. 1990 Weekend Argus (Cape Town) 29 Sept. 3 He..had no interest in sport, but had captained the hockey team in matric. 1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives i. 1 We were sixteen, in our matric year, 1958. 2018 select.timeslive.co.za (South Africa) 5 Oct. She wanted a unique car for her matric farewell in September. < as lemmas |
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