school/skuːl/

n.

➊ a place where children are taught

➋ the time spent at such a place

n.

➊ [C] 学校：Which school do you go to? 你在哪所学校念书？

◇a school with 2,500 students 有2,500名学生的学校

➋ [U] [不与冠词连用] 上学：I often play football after school. 放学后我经常踢足球。

◇All his kids are still at school. 他的孩子都还在上学。

◇My kids are at school until 4. 我的小孩上学到4点钟。

◇be late for school 上学迟到

◇School begins at 7:30. 7点半开始上课。

◇I go to school at 7:00 every morning. 我每天早上7点钟去上学。

◇Is your kid old enough for school? 你小孩到上学年龄了吗？

◇leave school 毕业

◇school work 功课（或：家庭作业）

school

schoolbag

schoolboy

school-leaver

schoolmate

scholar

音组-ool/-uːl/

cool; fool; pool; school; tool; wool

用法无the表示“在学校学习”，有the表示“学校”这个地方。因the引起语义差异的还有kindergarten, college, university, church, prison, jail, hospital。

用法英式英语说at school，美国英语还可说in school。

用法go to school可表示“去上学”和“开始上学”；at school可表示“在上课”和“在学校学习”。

辨析college; school; university