单词 | big school |
释义 | > as lemmasbig school big school n. British (a) slang (in a public school) a large room or hall used for holding school assemblies, etc.; (b) colloquial (originally Children's slang) a school which provides the next level of a child's education, esp. a secondary school. ΚΠ 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 110 The whole school of three hundred boys swept into the big school to answer to their names. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day vi. 129 My name was never inscribed on the University Honours Board in the Big School. 1987 Guardian (Nexis) 23 May She has been much taken-up with her start at big school, and apart from asking me to wear a skirt to Speech Day has paid little attention. 2001 J. Paisley Not for Glory 276 Just startit at the big school, did ye no? < as lemmas |
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