单词 | grammar school |
释义 | grammar school noun 1(In the UK) a state secondary school to which pupils are admitted on the basis of ability. Since 1965 most have been absorbed into the comprehensive school system.Northern Ireland still uses the selective grammar school system that was largely replaced by comprehensive education in Britain in the 1970s....
1.1 historical A school founded in or before the 16th century for teaching Latin, later becoming a secondary school teaching academic subjects.As early as 1496, ‘freeholders of substance’ were obliged by law to send their sons to school from age eight and every town of any consequence had a grammar school teaching Latin....
2US another term for elementary school.There's a grammar school, a high school, and a college. |
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