释义
[ stan -ferd ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈstæn fərd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
a male given name.
Words nearby Stanford stand up for, stand up to, stand up with, stand your ground, stane, Stanford , Stanford-Binet scale, Stanford-Binet test, stang, stanhope, Stanislaus
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Example sentences from the Web for Stanford But a project out of Stanford University is hoping to grant Turkers agency—and might begin to revolutionize the industry.
Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild | Kevin Zawacki| December 3, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In the shopping mall they follow me—in the Stanford shopping mall.
‘Why Have I Lost Control?’: Cory Booker in ’92 on Rodney King Echoes Ferguson | Cory Booker| November 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
At Stanford , so the story goes, he talked a suicidal student down from a roof.
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy | Olivia Nuzzi| October 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Sailed off to Stanford , then Oxford—as a Rhodes Scholar—then Yale Law.
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy | Olivia Nuzzi| October 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The pair graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School, and are political heavyweights in their own right.
Mother Knows Best | Sara Lieberman| October 14, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Stanford sat and waited, and felt more uncomfortable than he had ever felt in his life.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters | May Agnes Fleming
If only Stanford could gain ground now, or if time could be called.
Stanford Stories | Charles K. Field
Jim would work with me as he had in the old days at Stanford U., when I coached the air polo team that he captained.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | Various
Low let go a terrific side-winder, but Stanford stopped it handsomely and replied with an earthquake on Low's bread-basket.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) | Various
To obviate the objection of cost, Mr Stanford , in 1872, proposed to make charcoal for this purpose from seaweed.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
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British Dictionary definitions for Stanford noun Sir Charles (Villiers ). 1852–1924, Anglo-Irish composer and conductor, who as a teacher at the Royal College of Music had much influence on the succeeding generation of composers: noted esp for his church music, oratorios, and cantatas
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