school /sku:l/ n. ［c］ 1.学校: a middle (primary) school 中(小学)学校；school report 成绩单；school bus 校车；school year 学年 2.求学；上学；授课(不用冠词)：School begins at eight. 8点开始上课。There will be no school tomorrow.明天没有课。after school放学后：He was kept after school.放学后他被留下来了。at school 在上课，在求学：The children are at school now. 现在孩子们在上课。 (cf. at the school 在学校：I take lunch at the school. 我在学校吃午饭。) begin/start school 开始上学 come to school 来上学：He didn’t come to school yesterday because of the snow. 他昨天因为下雪没来上学。 finish school 完成学业，毕业： What will you do after you finish school? 你毕业以后干什么? go to school 去上学：She doesn’t go to school (on) Sunday. 她星期天不上学。 leave school 退学，离校：He left school at the age of 15. 他15岁时离开学校。come home (play truant) from school 放学回家(逃学)；stay away from school逃学，旷课 3. 构成合成词：schoolmate (同校)同学；schoolroom 教室；schoolwork (家庭)作业；schoolmaster (中小学)教师；schooltime 学习时间 4.学派，流派：a painting of the impressionist school 印象派画；the new school of journalism 新闻工作新流派
schoolboy n. 中(小)学男生
schoolgirl n. 中(小)学女生
schooling /ˈsku:liŋ/ n.[u] 学校教育：compulsory schooling义务教育；full-time schooling全日制教育His parents paid for his schooling.他父母供他上学。An illiterate,later he received some schooling.他原先大字不识一个,后来接受一些学校教育。
