单词 | off-campus |
释义 | off-campusadv.adj.n. Originally U.S. A. adv. Away from or off a campus. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [adverb] > outside college or university off-campus1907 1907 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. vii. 11/1 She lived way off campus in a little room. 1939 C. W. Short Public Buildings (U.S. Govt. Public Works Admin.) 280 The heating plant is placed off campus but near enough to be easily connected to each building by tunnels. 1969 Listener 8 May 632/1 Amnesty is another favourite word, and it means that student rioters shall not be bound by the laws that apply off-campus. 1992 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 13 Dec. e2/6 Resident advisers in the dormitories will talk to the approximately 2,700 students who live on-campus about what constitutes proper behavior off-campus. B. adj. (and n.) That is off a (usually university or college) campus; existing or available away from a campus. Also used independently as n. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [adjective] > outside college or university off-campus1912 society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [noun] > college or university buildings > area of > not off-campus1912 1912 N.Y. Times 29 Sept. v. 18/5 The college girls being assigned to off-campus houses. 1946 B. Johnson Campus v. Classroom 63 A time when..the undergraduate's spending money was not diverted by motor cars and off-campus movies. 1951 M. McCarthy in Holiday May 162/2 Today, ‘off-campus’ for the students is mainly represented by Alumnae House. 1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1057/3 The available off-campus communities were relatively few. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 4 Mar. 23/3 Off-campus housing is tight and expensive. 1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. A1/6 Most of the off-campus programs operated in Westchester have been set up in the last decade. 1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) ii. 24 The first place I ever lived out of home—the Boulevarde, an old off-campus unit block in Brisbane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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