| 释义 |
col·lege
\ˈkälij, -ēj\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin collegium society, from collega colleague — more at colleague
1. : a body of clergy living in common on a foundation
2. : a building or a number of buildings used in connection with some specific educational or religious purpose: as
a. : the precinct of an English cathedral
b. : a dormitory for students
3. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin collegium, from Latin, society]
a. : a self-governing constituent body of a university offering living quarters and instruction, sometimes limited, but not granting degrees
< Balliol and Magdalen Colleges at Oxford >
b. : university
< Edinburgh College >
c. : preparatory or high school
< Eton College >
< Girard College >
d. : an independent institution of higher learning offering a course of general studies and usually preprofessional training leading to a bachelor's degree
e. : a part of a university offering a specialized group of courses
< this university has a college of dentistry >
< the college of engineering at the university >
f. : an institution offering instruction usually in a professional, vocational, or technical field
< teachers college >
< business college >
< army war college >
< barber college >
< college of embalming >
4.
a. : company, assemblage, coterie, club
< a college of courtesans >
< some dusty college of pedants >
b. : a meeting or reunion of companions or associates
< a college of Collegiants >
5. : an organized body, guild, society, or group of persons engaged in a common pursuit, having common interests or a common duty or role and sometimes a charter or special rights and privileges
< a college of cardinals serving as papal councillors and electors >
< a college of craftsmen >
< a college of witches was entrusted with the duty of annually choosing a beautiful girl to be the bride of the water-god — J.G.Frazer >
specifically : college of arms
6.
a. : a collection of persons treated in law in one or more respects as a unit
b. : a body of electors — see electoral college
7. slang : prison, reformatory
8. : a course of study or of lectures
< taking three colleges a year >
9. : a charitable foundation in England providing residence and care : asylum, hospital
10. : the faculty, students, or administrative body of a college
< the college stood behind any move to improve education >
< the college was at the football game in force > |