单词 | enroll |
释义 | enroll (once / 825 pages) v If you like clowning around but you're not quite ready for the circus, you could enroll in clown college to perfect your skills. When you enroll, that means you formally add your name to the list — or roll — of students. You can enroll in things other than schools or classes, and you can also enroll someone else. You might enroll your Chihuahua in a research project investigating whether dogs like to wear hats, or you could enroll your rude nephew in charm school. The "roll" of enroll goes back to the rolls of parchment that were used in medieval times for writing official documents. WORD FAMILYenroll: enrolled, enrollee, enrolling, enrollment, enrolls+/enrollee: enrollees/enrollment: enrollments USAGE EXAMPLESHe enrolled in the fourth grade this past fall at a school in the Boston suburbs. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) When a student enrolls in district, Pegg said, the district issues a student residency questionnaire. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) She moved there in the summer of 2010 and enrolled in community college. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) v register formally as a participant or member Syn|Hypo|Hyper enrol, enter, inscribe, recruit draft, enlist, muster in engage somebody to enter the army unionise, unionizerecruit for a union or organize into a union registerenroll to vote matriculateenroll as a student levy, raise, recruitcause to assemble or enlist in the military register record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions |
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