/ˈkɒlɪdʒ ||; ˈkɑlɪdʒ/noun1 [C,U] an institution where you can study after you leave school (at the age of 16) 学院；高等学校；大学: an art college 艺术学院a sixth-form college (= an institution where pupils aged 16 to 18 can prepare for A Levels) （16至18岁学生准备高级程度考试的）六年级学校She's studying Spanish at the college of further education (= a college that is not a university where people who have left school can study). 她在进修学院学习西班牙语。
We talk about college, without the, when we mean that somebody is attending a college or university as a student. He's at college in York. She's going to college in October. but not if somebody goes there for any other reason I went to an art exhibition at the college last night. 如果说某人上大学，college前面就不用the：He's at college in York. 他在约克念大学。She's going to college in October.她十月份上大学。前面有the则用于念书以外的目的：I went to an art exhibition at the college last night.昨晚我去参观那所大学举办的艺术展览。 2 [C] (in Britain) one of the separate institutions into which certain universities are divided （英国某些大学分出来的）学院: Kings College, London 伦敦大学国王学院
3 [C] (in the US) a university, or part of one, where students can study for a degree （美国）大学；可修学位课程的大学学院