pupil /ˈpju:pl/ n.[c]小学生,学生:a school with more than 1000 pupils一所有1000学生的学校;a high-school (primary school) pupil 中(小)学生;take sb. as pupil 收某人为学生(弟子)
[辨析]pupil和student均可表示“学生”。pupil 特指小学生和初等学校的学生。亦可指教授的门徒,如:She is giving piano lessons to two pupils. 她在教两个学生弹钢琴。student指大专院校的学生和中学生, 如:He is a student of Beijing University. 他是北京大学的学生。