←

semester

noun
🔊/sɪˈmestə(r)/
🔊/sɪˈmestər/
jump to other results
  1. (especially in North America) one of the two periods that the school or college year is divided into学期（一学年分两个学期）
    • the spring/fall semester春季／秋季学期
    compare term (2)
    Extra Examples
    • I spent a semester at the University of Madrid.我在马德里大学待了一个学期。
    • I was finishing my last semester in college and trying to look for a job.我当时即将结束最后一个学期的大学生活，正想找份工作。
    • The new semester started on February 3.新学期 2 月 3 日开始。
    • The semester break had begun.期中假期已经开始。
    • The total curriculum is 54 semester hours.全部课程长度为 54 学时。
    • students completing all eight semesters of the program完成该课程全部 8 个学期学习的学生
    • the end of the first-semester course第一学期课程收尾阶段
    Topics Timeb1, Educationb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • first
    • second
    • fall
    • …
    verb + semester
    • spend
    • begin
    • complete
    • …
    semester + verb
    • begin
    • start
    • end
    • …
    semester + noun
    • break
    • hour
    • credit hours
    • …
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from German Semester, from Latin semestris ‘six-monthly’, from sex ‘six’ + mensis ‘month’.