单词 | school run |
释义 | > as lemmasschool run school run n. (a) Rugby School any of several cross-country races; (b) British a journey taken by car to convey (one's) children to and from school, esp. on a regular basis. ΚΠ 1865 Bell's Life in London 7 Jan. 7/4 Throughout the months of October and November there are always six or seven Big Side i.e. School runs, besides in many cases the same number of ‘house runs’ which a boy has an opportunity of running. 1903 Sat. Rev. 14 Mar. 321/1 ‘Runs’, which other schools call paper chases, are as great an institution at Rugby as ever they were; there are house runs and school runs. 1930 Windsor Mag. Mar. 456/1 It is not, however, ‘Barby Hill’, but ‘Crick’ which is the most famous of the School runs. 1969 Spectator 6 Sept. 298/2 The school run is a twenty-five mile round trip, so a car depreciates more quickly and we get through a lot of petrol. 2005 Asian Women Feb. 244/1 You can keep your fat gas-guzzling Chelsea tractors for your ubiquitous one-mile school runs. < as lemmas |
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