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单词 skull and bones
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Skull and Bonesn.

Brit. /ˌskʌl (ə)n(d) ˈbəʊnz/, U.S. /ˌskəl ən ˈboʊnz/
Forms: 1800s Scull and Bone (in attributive use), 1800s Scull and Bones, 1800s– Skull and Bone (in attributive use), 1800s– Skull and Bones.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: skull n.1, and conj.1, bone n.1
Etymology: < skull n.1 + and conj.1 + the plural of bone n.1, with allusion to the society's emblem, which features a skull and crossbones motif above the number 322. Compare earlier skull and crossbones at skull n.1 1d.The society was founded at Yale University in 1832 by Alfonso Taft and William Huntington Russell as the Eulogian Club.
U.S.
An exclusive and secretive senior undergraduate society at Yale University. Also (and in earliest use) attributive. Cf. Bones n.The society, formed in 1832, admits fifteen selected undergraduate juniors each year.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies
fraternity1777
Phi Beta Kappa1799
union1817
law society1821
Skull and Bones1845
Bones1869
corps1874
frat1895
sorority1900
union1911
Nusas1925
1845 Yale Banger Dec. (heading) Scull and bone society.
1866 Yale Courant 27 June 105/2 Senior Societies gave out their elections last Thursday evening... They stand as follows: Skull and Bones [etc.]
1892 Harper's Weekly 3 Dec. 1160/3 The best-known clubs of Yale and Harvard—Scull and Bones, the Scroll and Key, the Hasty Pudding, the Porcellian—are local organizations of indigenous growth.
1904 Ann. Early Settlers' Assoc. Cuyahoga 5 64 While at Yale he was made a member of the ‘Skull and Bone Society’, which was considered quite an honor.
1926 Indiana Mag. Hist. Sept. 279 Alex [Lanier]..was graduated from Yale in 1846. While there, he was a member of the famed ‘Skull and Bones’ society.
1977 R. Rosenbaum Last Secrets of Skull & Bones in Trav. with Dr. Death (1991) 375 For nearly a century and a half, Skull and Bones has been the most influential secret society in the nation.
2004 Vanity Fair July 119/1 Skull and Bones really is one of the most powerful and successful alumni networks in America. Alumni, or ‘patriarchs’, return often to the Tomb, where connections are made and favors granted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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