alumnus
英 [?'l?mn?s]
美 [?'l?mn?s]
助記提示
1. al- "nourish" + -umn (-omen-在此單詞中的變體) + -us (拉丁語后綴).
2. literally "foster son".
3. 因為都把學校比喻為母校，因此學校就像是養母，由此引申為：同一所學校畢業的學生，或者就是畢業生。
4. 該詞的陰性形式為：alumna.
5. alumna => alumnae, alumnus => alumni.
中文詞源
alumnus 男校友alumn, 校友，詞根al擴大格，al, 滋養。-us, 拉丁語陽性詞綴。其復數形式為-i.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The rich alumnus endowed the college with half of his fortune.
- 這位富有的校友把其一半的財產捐贈給這所大學.
來自辭典例句
- 2. The chief financial officer, Adrian Joseph, is another Lion Brewery alumnus.
- 公司首席財務官阿德里安?約瑟夫(AdrianJoseph)是另一位來自雄獅釀酒公司的員工.
來自互聯網
- 3. Alumnus Art Exhibition , Eppley Gallery , Morningside College Sioux City, Iowa, 1998.
- ˙1998年朝陽大學校友展,亞波黎畫廊, 愛荷華州, 朝陽大學.
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- 4. RCLS students, parents or Alumnus are encouraged to participate.
- 請老師 、 家長、學生以及校友一起踴躍參加.
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- 5. My father is an alumnus of UCLA.
- 我父親是加州大學洛山磯分校的畢業生.
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