英语单词

Oxbridge是什么意思

Oxbridge

英 ['ɔksbridʒ] 美
  • n. 牛津和剑桥大学;该校之学生或毕业生
  • adj. 牛津大学和剑桥大学的

助记提示


1、Oxford + Cambridge.

中文词源


Oxbridge 牛津剑桥大学

来自Oxford和Cambridge的合成词。

英文词源


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

双语例句


1. You don't have to go to Oxbridge to receive a good university education.
不上牛津剑桥也能获得良好的教育.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Last year Oxbridge graduates accounted for 41% of entrants to the civil service's fast stream to promotion.
去年加入快速晋职队伍的新公务员中,牛津和剑桥大学的毕业生占了41%。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The next day there was an immense excitement in Boniface College, Oxbridge.
第二天,牛桥大学的博尼法斯学院引起了轩然**.

来自辞典例句

4. Pen had passed a few days at his uncle's lodgings before they set out for Oxbridge.
来牛桥之前,潘在叔父的寓所盘桓了几天.

来自辞典例句

5. Dick White's delivery was much more in the style of the Oxbridge don.
迪克·怀特的讲演颇有牛津和剑桥两个大学的导师的味道.

来自辞典例句

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