| 单词 | stop-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstop-out stop-out n. (a) colloquial one who stays out late; (b) North American a student who interrupts his or her studies for a time in order to pursue some other activity; an interruption of studies for this purpose; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > part-time student part-timer1886 vacationer1890 stop-out1906 sandwich boy1958 sandwich student1963 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun] > turning night into day > person stop-out1906 noceur1908 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands ii. 24 ‘See,’ cried Annie—‘See, you dirty stop-out!’ She placed the hat on the floor and danced wildly amongst the feathers. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 72 Stop-out, an inveterate gadabout, esp. a woman. 1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 27 Yer a derty stopout, you are a nocturnal reveller. 1971 Less Time, More Options (Carnegie Commission on Higher Educ.) vi. 13 That service and other employment opportunities be created for students between high school and at stop-out points in college. 1971 Less Time, More Options (Carnegie Commission on Higher Educ.) vi. 21 Those who plan to continue with academic study either directly or after a stop out. 1971 Time 27 Sept. 79/3 Still, many stop-outs do better academically than their less-seasoned classmates, if only because they are a year older. 1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 31 Oct. 1/5 The so-called stopout students, those who postponed entering university immediately after high school graduation, now are starting to go back to school. < as lemmas |
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