| 单词 | school-bred |
| 释义 | > as lemmasschool-bred school-bred adj. ΚΠ 1630 J. Penkethman tr. W. Lily (title) The fairest fairing for a schoole-bred sonne; whereby praise, ease, and profit may be wonne. That is to say, The schoole-masters precepts. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 840 And if it chance..That though school-bred, the boy be virtuous still. View more context for this quotation 1840 London & Westm. Rev. Sept. 249/2 Home-bred children of twelve will be less childish and more child-like than school-bred children of the same age. 1918 Jrnl. Forestry 16 850 That the good foreman, the skillful plumber, etc., should feel a little envy toward the school-bred engineer is quite natural. 2004 S. M. Stowe Doctoring South iii. 79 Indeed, it was not a school-bred scientist but a worthy man—a good father—who now seemed to him the best model for a practitioner. < as lemmas |
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