Tra từ school - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

school [school schools schooled schooling] noun, verb BrE [skuːl] NAmE [skuːl]
noun

WHERE CHILDREN LEARN
1. countable a place where children go to be educated
• My brother and I went to the same school.
• (formal) Which school do they attend?
•I'm going to the school today to talk to Kim's teacher.
•We need more money for roads, hospitals and schools.
•school buildings
2. uncountable (used without the or a)the process of learning in a school; the time during your life when you go to a school: (BrE)to start/leave school
• (NAmE)to start/quit school
• Where did you go to school?
• (BrE) All my kids are still at school.
• (NAmE)All my kids are still in school.
• (NAmE)to teach school (= teach in a school)
•The transition from school to work can be difficult.
3. uncountable (used without the or a)the time during the day when children are working in a school
• Shall I meet you after school today?
• School begins at 9.
•The kids are at/in school until 3.30.
•after-school activities

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
4. the schoolsingular all the children or students and the teachers in a school
• I had to stand up in front of the whole school.

FOR PARTICULAR SKILL
5. countable (often in compounds)a place where people go to learn a particular subject or skill
•a drama/language/riding, etc. school

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
6. countable, uncountable (NAmE, informal)a college or university; the time that you spend there
•famous schools like Yale and Harvard
• Where did you go to school?
see also ↑graduate school
7. countable a department of a college or university that teaches a particular subject
•the business/medical/law school
•the School of Dentistry

OF WRITERS/ARTISTS
8. countable a group of writers, artists, etc. whose style of work or opinions have been influenced by the same person or ideas
•the Dutch school of painting

OF FISH
9. countable a large number of fish or other sea animals, swimming together
•a school of dolphins
compare ↑shoal There are many compounds ending in school. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
more at one of the old school at ↑old

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 8 and v. Old English scōl scolu Latin Greek skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture-place’ Middle English Old French escole n. sense 9 late Middle English Middle Low German Middle Dutch schōle West Germanic Old English scolu ‘troop’ ↑shoal

Thesaurus:
school noun C
•My sister and I went to the same school.
academy • • college • • university • • seminary •
at/in school/college/university
at a/the school/academy/college/university/seminary
go to/attend school/an academy/college/university/a seminary

British/American:
at / in school
In BrE somebody who is attending school is at school: ▪ I was at school with her sister. In NAmE in school is used: ▪ I have a ten-year-old in school. In school in NAmE can also mean ‘attending a university’.

Collocations:
Education
Learning
acquire/get/lack (an) education/training/(BrE) (some) qualifications
receive/provide sb with training/tuition
develop/design/plan a curriculum/(especially BrE) course/(NAmE) program/syllabus
give/go to/attend a class/lesson/lecture/seminar
hold/run/conduct a class/seminar/workshop
sign up for/take a course/classes/lessons
School
go to/start preschool/kindergarten/nursery school
be in the first, second, etc. (NAmE) grade/(especially BrE) year (at school)
study/take/drop history/chemistry/German, etc.
(BrE) leave/finish/drop out of/ (NAmE) quit school
(NAmE) graduate high school/college
Problems at school
be the victim/target of bullying
(BrE) play truant from/ (both BrE, informal) bunk off/skive off school (= not go to school when you should)
(both especially NAmE) skip/cut class/school
(BrE) cheat in/(NAmE) cheat on an exam/a test
get/be given a detention (for doing sth)
be expelled from/be suspended from school
Work and exams
do your homework/(BrE) revision/a project on sth
work on/write/do/submit an essay/a dissertation/a thesis/an assignment/(NAmE) a paper
finish/complete your dissertation/thesis/studies/coursework
hand in/ (NAmE) turn in your homework/essay/assignment/paper
study/prepare/ (BrE) revise/ (NAmE) review/ (NAmE, informal) cram for a test/an exam
take/ (both BrE) do/sit a test/an exam
(especially BrE) mark/ (especially NAmE) grade homework/a test
(BrE) do well in/ (NAmE) do well on/ (informal, especially NAmE) ace a test/an exam
pass/fail/ (informal, especially NAmE) flunk a test/an exam/a class/a course/a subject
University
apply to/get into/go to/start college/(BrE) university
leave/graduate from law school/college/(BrE) university (with a degree in computer science)
study for/take/ (BrE) do/complete a law degree/a degree in physics
(both NAmE) major/minor in biology/philosophy
earn/receive/be awarded/get/have/hold a master's degree/a bachelor's degree/a PhD in economics

Grammar Point:
school
When a school is being referred to as an institution, you do not need to use the: ▪ When do the children finish school? When you are talking about a particular building, the is used: ▪ I’ll meet you outside the school. Prison, jail, court, and church work in the same way: ▪ Her husband spent three years in prison.
note at ↑college, ↑hospital

Example Bank:
•Are the children still in school?
•Eric is off school again.
•He runs a karate school in San Jose, California.
•He was expelled from school for verbally abusing his teacher.
•His mum kept him off school for two weeks when he was ill.
•It is a failing school with some of the worst results in the city.
•It was just a typical school day.
•My parents let me stay home from school yesterday.
•She attends a special school for children with learning difficulties.
•She didn't do very well at school.
•She teaches elementary school in Atlanta.
•She's a middle-school teacher.
•She's got four children of school age.
•The next day was Monday, a school day.
•Their son's at the school near the station.
•We're going to play football after school.
•You don't need to keep your child home from school because of a cough.
•a range of after-school activities
•school-age children
•the cleverest child in the school
•An announcement was made to the whole school
•His parents went to the school to talk to his teacher.
•I'll meet you outside the school.
•In Britain children start school when they are five.
•More money is needed for roads, hospitals and schools.
•My sister and I went to the same school.
•My younger son is still at school.
•She wants to go to drama school.
•The university has a school of dentistry.
•a language/riding school
•an elementary/a junior high/a high school
•an infant/a junior/a primary/a secondary school
•to teach school
•He had very little schooling.
Idiom: ↑school of thought

verb

YOURSELF/ANIMAL
1. (formal)to train sb/yourself/an animal to do sth
•~ sb/sth/yourself (in sth) to school a horse
•She had schooled herself in patience.
•~ sb/sth/yourself to do sth I have schooled myself to remain calm under pressure.

CHILD
2. ~ sb (formal)to educate a child
•She should be schooled with her peers.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 8 and v. Old English scōl scolu Latin Greek skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture-place’ Middle English Old French escole n. sense 9 late Middle English Middle Low German Middle Dutch schōle West Germanic Old English scolu ‘troop’ ↑shoal

Example Bank:
•All their children were home schooled.
•He was well schooled in hiding his emotions.
•If you have schooled your horse properly, the rest should come easily.
•They schooled the children of the working classes.