| 单词 | pupil |
| 释义 | pupil (once / 176 pages) 1n 2n A pupil is an old-fashioned word for a young person attending school, or it can be that black dot in the center of your eye's iris. As a pupil, your pupils may dilate when your teacher dims the lights. If you are a pupil, you are a learner enrolled in an educational institution. As a pupil, you have mastered the act of looking interested while thinking about the beach. Your pupil is also the aperture or opening in the center of your eye that looks like a big black dot. Dilating pupils are a very subtle sign that you are interested, lying, or pretending — or just trying to see in poor lighting. WORD FAMILYpupil: pupillary, pupils USAGE EXAMPLESElectrodes were attached to the activist’s fingertips and small cameras trained on his pupils while he was asked questions. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Authorities say his pupils were dilated, and he seemed “amped up.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) The teachers also belong to the transgender community - a measure designed to protect and encourage the pupils. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution Syn|Hypo|Hyper educatee, student art student someone studying to be an artist auditora student who attends a course but does not take it for credit catechumen, neophytea new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist college boy, college man, collegiana student (or former student) at a college or university crammera student who crams Etoniana student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College Ivy Leaguera student or graduate at an Ivy League school law studenta student in law school majora university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject medical student, medicoa student in medical school nonreadera student who is very slow in learning to read overachievera student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated passera student who passes an examination scholara student who holds a scholarship seminarian, seminarista student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) sixth-formera student in the sixth form skippera student who fails to attend classes nonachiever, underachiever, underperformera student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates withdrawera student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled Wykehamista student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College college student, university studenta student enrolled in a college or university grad student, graduate student, postgraduatea student who continues studies after graduation Rhodes scholara student who holds one of the scholarships endowed by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that enables the student to study at Oxford University undergrad, undergraduatea university student who has not yet received a first degree enrollee a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study 2n a young person attending school (up through senior high school) 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper school-age child, schoolchild boarder a pupil who lives at school during term time day boardera schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home latchkey childa school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work) schoolboya boy attending school dayboya day boarder who is a boy daygirla day boarder who is a girl spring chicken, young person, younker, youth a young person (especially a young man or boy) n the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot Hyper aperture a natural opening in something |
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