pupil

/ˈpjuːpəl/ n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

学生；小学生；瞳孔

释义与例句

n. 学生；小学生
a child or young person who is being taught at school or by a teacher
  1. Each pupil received a new reading book at the start of term.
    学期开始时，每名学生都领到一本新的阅读书。
  2. The school has over six hundred pupils between the ages of seven and eleven.
    这所学校有六百多名七至十一岁的学生。
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  1. A talented pupil of the composer performed at the concert.
    这位作曲家的一位才华出众的学生在音乐会上演出。
n. 瞳孔
the small round black opening in the centre of the eye that becomes larger or smaller to control the amount of light entering
  1. The doctor shone a light into the patient's eye to check the pupil.
    医生把光照进病人的眼睛，检查瞳孔。
  2. Your pupils become larger in dim light.
    光线昏暗时，你的瞳孔会放大。
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  1. The eye drops temporarily dilated her pupils.
    眼药水使她的瞳孔暂时放大了。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 pupil 有“学生”和“瞳孔”两个常见义项；瞳孔通常两只眼都有，描述眼部检查时常见复数 pupils。

词族与关联词

易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • student 学生；大学生
    在英式学校语境中，pupil 常指中小学生，也可指私人教师的弟子；student 可泛指学习者，在英国尤其常指大学或学院学生。美式英语中小学也常用 student。
    She is a medical student at a university in Manchester. 她是曼彻斯特一所大学的医学生。
常见搭配
  • primary school pupil 小学生
    Every primary school pupil in the study completed a short survey. 研究中的每名小学生都完成了一份简短问卷。
  • a bright pupil 聪明的学生
    She was a bright pupil who asked thoughtful questions. 她是个聪明的学生，总能提出有深度的问题。
  • dilated pupils 放大的瞳孔
    Dilated pupils can be a temporary effect of the examination drops. 瞳孔放大可能是检查用眼药水造成的暂时反应。