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Oxbridge的意思

Oxbridge

基本解释

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

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.

实用例句

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