英語單詞

Oxbridge是什麽意思

Oxbridge

英 ['ɔksbridʒ] 美
  • n. 牛津和劍橋大學;該校之學生或畢業生
  • adj. 牛津大學和劍橋大學的

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1、Oxford + Cambridge.

中文詞源


Oxbridge 牛津劍橋大學

來自Oxford和Cambridge的合成詞。

英文詞源


Oxbridge
1849, a conflation of Oxford and Cambridge, used in reference to the characteristics common to the two universities.

雙語例句


1. You don't have to go to Oxbridge to receive a good university education.
不上牛津劍橋也能獲得良好的教育.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Last year Oxbridge graduates accounted for 41% of entrants to the civil service's fast stream to promotion.
去年加入快速晉職隊伍的新公務員中,牛津和劍橋大學的畢業生占了41%。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The next day there was an immense excitement in Boniface College, Oxbridge.
第二天,牛橋大學的博尼法斯學院引起了軒然**.

來自辭典例句

4. Pen had passed a few days at his uncle's lodgings before they set out for Oxbridge.
來牛橋之前,潘在叔父的寓所盤桓了幾天.

來自辭典例句

5. Dick White's delivery was much more in the style of the Oxbridge don.
迪克·懷特的講演頗有牛津和劍橋兩個大學的導師的味道.

來自辭典例句

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