Picture a strip of cloth with the school's own colours on it, worn by every student there. It says nothing about who you are and everything about where you belong. Now picture a man of fifty who still, in a way, has it round his neck: another man sees the colours, knows the school, and the two of them are already on the same side. That is how the cloth and the connection sit in one word.
One branch
從一條布到一層關係
同一個「顏色就代表你屬於哪裡」的畫面，一個停在衣服上，一個走進成年後的社會。
noun · B1
A tie in one set colour or pattern that students wear as part of their school uniform, so that anyone can see which school they belong to. Ties like this are most common at schools in Britain.
學校制服領帶