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alma mater

/ahl-muh -mah-ter, al-; al-muh -mey-ter/US // ˈɑl mə ˈmɑ tər, ˈæl-; ˈæl mə ˈmeɪ tər //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a school, college, or university at which one has studied and, usually, from which one has graduated.
    • : the official anthem of a school, college, or university.

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  • The portrait of her that once hung at Oxford University, her alma mater, was quietly placed in storage.

  • George McDonald, the Wolfpack’s previous wide receivers coach, was recently hired at Illinois, his alma mater.

  • Luckily, Koney found work as a teaching assistant at his alma mater — a role that didn’t just put food on the table but also had him helping students build solar go-karts, robotic farm assistants and more.

  • She remembers a girl with a dream to attend the University of Virginia, the alma mater of her father, who died of cancer when Yeardley was in ninth grade.

  • The concerns of confirming Judge Barrett have also been expressed by former colleagues and peers from two of her alma maters, Rhodes College and Notre Dame Law.

  • During his early attempts to become a director, he met Alma Reville, an English girl just one day younger than himself.

  • In 1945 or 1946, Hitch and Alma were in New York with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, on a publicity tour.

  • Alma had admired them during a stay in Paris some years ago.

  • When the screening was over, Hitch asked Alma what she thought.

  • Since he doesn't have to impress me, it's clearly a little show for Alma.

  • The Vulgate translates: “Et obviabit illi quasi mater honorificata, et quasi mulier a virginitate suscipiet illum.”

  • Among these are "Medusa," a bronze bust; and a "Mater Dolorosa," in terra-cotta.

  • So, we fancy, warriors might speak of our heavy cavalry as we see them in barracks and as they saw them at Alma.

  • "Oh, but I'm sure she won't be half bad when we come to know her," cried Alma Lane.

  • Then she colored painfully: behind her she heard Tilly's laughing voice, followed by Alma's lower one, and Harold's.

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