英语词汇“pupillar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pupil¹ /pūˈpl or pūˈpil/

noun

Someone who is being taught, a student or schoolchild

Any of the students or schoolchildren that, as a teacher, one is instructing or has instructed, as in one of her pupils

A boy up to the age of 14, or a girl up to 12 (Roman and Scots law)

A ward (law)

adjective

Under age

ORIGIN: Fr pupille, from L pūpillus, pūpilla, dimins of pūpus boy, pūpa girl

puˈpillage or puˈpilage noun

The state of being a pupil or student

The time during which one is a pupil or student (in Shakespeare, etc, sometimes taken as two words, pupil age)

puˈpillar or puˈpilar adjective

Pupillary

pupillarˈity noun

The state or time of being legally a pupil

puˈpillary adjective

Relating to a pupil or ward, or someone under academic discipline

puˈpilship noun

pupil teacher noun (old)

A pupil who does some teaching, esp as part of his or her training for later entry into the profession

pupil² /pūˈpl or pūˈpil/

noun

ORIGIN: L pūpilla pupil of the eye, orig the same as pupil¹, from the small image to be seen in the eye

pupilabilˈity noun

An intentionally unintelligible word in Sterne's Tristram Shandy

puˈpillar, puˈpilar, puˈpillary or puˈpilary adjective

puˈpillate adjective (zoology)

Having a central spot of another colour