alumnus
英[ə'lʌmnəs]
美[ə'lʌmnəs]
- n. 男校友;男毕业生
词态变化
复数: alumni;
助记提示
1. al- "nourish" + -umn (-omen-在此单词中的变体) + -us (拉丁语后缀).
2. literally "foster son".
3. 因为都把学校比喻为母校,因此学校就像是养母,由此引申为:同一所学校毕业的学生,或者就是毕业生。
4. 该词的阴性形式为:alumna.
5. alumna => alumnae, alumnus => alumni.
中文词源
alumnus 男校友
alumn, 校友,词根al扩大格,al, 滋养。-us, 拉丁语阳性词缀。其复数形式为-i.
英文词源
- alumnus
- alumnus: see alma mater
- alumnus (n.)
- 1640s, from Latin alumnus "a pupil," literally "foster son," vestigial present passive participle of alere "to nourish" (see old), with ending akin to Greek -omenos. Plural is alumni. Fem. is alumna (1882), fem. plural alumnae.
双语例句
- 1. The rich alumnus endowed the college with half of his fortune.
- 这位富有的校友把其一半的财产捐赠给这所大学.
来自辞典例句
- 2. The chief financial officer, Adrian Joseph, is another Lion Brewery alumnus.
- 公司首席财务官阿德里安?约瑟夫(AdrianJoseph)是另一位来自雄狮酿酒公司的员工.
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- 3. Alumnus Art Exhibition , Eppley Gallery , Morningside College Sioux City, Iowa, 1998.
- ˙1998年朝阳大学校友展,亚波黎画廊, 爱荷华州, 朝阳大学.
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- 4. RCLS students, parents or Alumnus are encouraged to participate.
- 请老师 、 家长、学生以及校友一起踊跃参加.
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- 5. My father is an alumnus of UCLA.
- 我父亲是加州大学洛山矶分校的毕业生.
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