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    Oxbridge is not a third university and not a town on the map. It is a blend of Oxford and Cambridge, Britain’s two oldest and most famous universities, used when people talk about them as one world. If someone “went to Oxbridge,” they studied at one of those two.

    Oxbridge is not a third universityOxbridge不是第三所大學, and not a town on the map也不是地圖上的一個城鎮。It is a blend of Oxford and Cambridge它是Oxford和Cambridge合起來的字, Britain's two oldest and most famous universities也就是英國最古老、最有名的兩所大學, used when people talk about them as one world用在大家把這兩所學校當成同一個世界來談的時候。If someone "went to Oxbridge,"如果有人說自己「went to Oxbridge(唸了Oxbridge)」, they studied at one of those two意思是他唸了那兩所裡的其中一所。

    The word often carries extra colour: old colleges, hard exams, and a kind of club that still opens doors in British public life. Newspapers talk about “Oxbridge graduates” as a group.

    The word often carries extra colour這個字常常帶著額外的色彩: old colleges古老的學院、hard exams困難的考試, and a kind of club that still opens doors in British public life,還有一種在英國公共生活裡至今仍能為人開門的小圈子。Newspapers talk about "Oxbridge graduates" as a group報紙會把「Oxbridge graduates(牛劍畢業生)」當成一個群體來談。

    It can sound or a little sour, depending on who says it — some people use it to praise brains and tradition; others use it to complain that Britain still listens too much to a small set of colleges.

    It can sound admiring or a little sour這個字聽起來可以是欣賞,也可以有點酸, depending on who says it要看是誰在說——some people use it to praise brains and tradition有人用它來稱讚聰明才智和傳統; others use it to complain that Britain still listens too much to a small set of colleges也有人用它來抱怨英國還是太聽這一小撮學院的話。

    It is mainly a British word, and it takes a capital letter because it is built from two names.

    It is mainly a British word這主要是個英式用語, and因為 it is built from two names它是用兩個名字拼起來的, it takes a capital letter所以要大寫。

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成Blend of Oxford + Cambridge.

同家族的字

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Oxbridgename詞源 1/ˈɒks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/

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    educationThe University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge collectively.

    • On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other memorials of youth, school, and home.
    • "Of course she is clever," said Mrs. Pope. "Or we shouldn't have sent her to Oxbridge. There she's doing quite well—quite well. Everyone says so. I don't know, of course, if Mr. Magnet will let her finish there."

Oxbridgeadj詞源 1/ˈɒks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/

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    Of or related to Oxbridge.

    • The applicants are mostly Oxbridge, so you'd better watch out.
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    Evoking the idea of Oxbridge.

    • We ate a formal dinner at high table after the service. It all felt very Oxbridge.

Oxbridgename詞源 2/ˈɒks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/

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    informalA hamlet in Netherbury parish, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4797).

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    informalA suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4318).

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。