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- pupil ['pjuːpəl]
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n
a student who is taught by a teacher, esp a young student
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2.
n
[civil law]
[Scots law]
a boy under 14 or a girl under 12 who is in the care of a guardian
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3.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin pupillus an orphan, from p
u pus a child
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1.
n
a student who is taught by a teacher, esp a young student
- pupil ['pjuːpəl]
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n
the dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light enters
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2.
n
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin p
u pilla, diminutive of pu pa girl, puppet; from the tiny reflections in the eye
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the dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light enters
Examples
- Any pupil may answer.
- 任何一个小学生都可回答。 → any
- Master took him as his pupil.
- 大师收他为徒。 → pupil
- the pupil of the eye dilates in the dark → dilate
- a thankless pupil → thankless
- 甘当群众的小学生
- be a willing pupil of the masses → 甘
- 师生之间
- between teacher and pupil → 间
- 小学一年级学生
- first grade primary school pupil → 年级
- 给一个因病缺课的学生补习功课
- give extra help to a pupil who has missed some classes on account of illness → 缺课
- 入室弟子
- an initiated pupil → 入室
- 留级生
- a pupil who is repeating the year's work → 生
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