| 单词 | college |
| 释义 | college /kol"ij/, n. 1. an institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Cf. university. 2. a constituent unit of a university, furnishing courses of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences, usually leading to a bachelor's degree. 3. an institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction, as in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, or music, often a part of a university. 4. an endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. 5. a similar corporation outside a university. 6. the building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education. 7. the administrators, faculty, and students of a college. 8. (in Britain and Canada) a private secondary school. 9. an organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit: The electoral college formally selects the president. 10. a company; assemblage. 11. Also called collegium. a body of clergy living together on a foundation for religious service or similar activity. 12. Brit. Slang. a prison. [1350-1400; ME < AF, MF < L collegium, equiv. to col- COL-1 + leg-, var. s. of legere to gather + -ium -IUM; cf. COLLEAGUE] |
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