pupil
US: /ˈpjupəɫ/
UK: /pjˈuːpəl/
UK: /pjˈuːpəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
pupil /'pju:pl/
- danh từ
- học trò, học sinh
- (pháp lý) trẻ em được giám hộ
- danh từ
- (giải phẫu) con ngươi, đồng tử (mắt)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 (especially BrE, becoming old-fashioned) a person who is being taught, especially a child in a school: How many pupils does the school have? + She now teaches only private pupils. - STUDENT
2 a person who is taught artistic, musical, etc. skills by an expert: The painting is by a pupil of Rembrandt.
3 the small round black area at the centre of the eye: Her pupils were dilated.
Compare: IRIS
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
student, learner, scholar, schoolchild, schoolgirl, schoolboy, disciple, apprentice; beginner, novice, neophyte, tiro or tyro, Chiefly ecclesiastical catechumen:
A number of Geoffrey's former pupils have organized a dinner to honour him.
Collocation dictionary
1 child in school
ADJ.
able, bright, good, star | first-year, second-year, etc. | older, senior | younger | disruptive | ex-, former | private | school | primary, secondary
VERB + PUPIL
teach | exclude, expel
PUPIL + NOUN
attendance, numbers | assessment | performance | behaviour
2 of the eye
ADJ.
dilated, enlarged
VERB + PUPIL
dilate
PUPIL + VERB
dilate
Concise English dictionary
pupils'pjuːpl
noun
+a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
+contractile aperture in the iris of the eye
+a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
