/sku:l ||; skul/noun1 [C] the place where children go to be educated 学校: Where did you go to school ? 你以前在哪所学校上学？They're building a new school in our area. 他们正在我们区内兴建一所新学校。Do you have to wear school uniform? 你上学要穿校服吗？Was your school co-educational (= for boys and girls) or single-sex? 你们学校是男女兼收，还是只收男生或女生？
2 [U] the time you spend at a school; the process of being educated in a school 上课时间；上学: Their children are still at school. 他们的孩子还在上学。Children start school at 5 years old in Britain and can leave schoolat 16. 在英国，儿童5岁开始上学，到16岁才可以毕业。School starts at 9 o'clock and finishes at about 3.30. 上课时间由早上9时开始，约下午3时半结束。After school we usually have homework to do. 下课后，我们通常要做家庭作业。
You talk about school (no ‘ the ’) when you are talking about going there for the usual reason (that is, as a student or teacher) Where do your children go to school? I enjoyed being at school. Do you walk to school? You talk about the school if you are talking about going there for a different reason (for example, as a parent) I have to go to the school on Thursday to talk to John's teacher. You must also use a or the when more information about the school is given Rani goes to the school in the next village. She teaches at a school for children with learning difficulties. 如果是指基于一般原因到学校去﹙即是学生或老师到学校上课﹚﹐school之前不用定冠词the﹕Where do your children go to school? 你的孩子在哪儿上学﹖I enjoyed being at school. 我喜欢上学。Do you walk to school? 你是走路上学的吗﹖到学校去如果另有原因﹙如以家长身分去﹚﹐要说the school﹕I have to to to the school on Thursday to talk to John's teacher.我要在星期四到学校跟约翰的老师谈谈。当提及更多有关学校的情况时﹐也必须用a或the﹕Rani goes to the school in the next village.拉尼在邻村的学校念书。She teaches at a school for children with learning difficulties.她在一所为学习有困难的孩子开办的学校任教。 3 [sing] [with.sop] all the students and teachers in a school 学校的全体师生: The whole school cheered the winner. 全校师生向优胜者欢呼。
4 (used to form compounds 用于构成复合词) connected with school 跟学校或上学有关: children of school age 学龄儿童The bus was full of schoolchildren. 公共汽车上挤满了学童。It is getting increasingly difficult for school-leavers to find jobs. 现在中学毕业生找工作越来越困难。 Schoolteachers have been awarded a 2% pay rise. 中小学教师获加薪2％。I don't have many good memories of my schooldays. 我的学生时代没有留下很多美好的回忆。
5 [C] a place where you go to learn a particular subject 专科学校: a language/driving/drama/business school 语言╱驾驶╱戏剧╱商业学校
6 [C] (US 美) a college or university 学院；大学
7 [C] a department of a university that teaches a particular subject （大学的）系: the school of geography at Leeds University 利兹大学地理系
8 [C] a group of writers, painters, etc who have the same ideas or style 学派；流派: the Flemish school of painting 佛兰德斯画派
9 [C] a large group of fish swimming together 鱼群
a school of thought the ideas or opinions that one group of people share 学派；流派:
There are various schools of thought on this matter. 对于这个问题有各种不同的看法。