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eton

/eet-n/US // ˈit n //UK // (ˈiːtən) //

伊顿,埃顿,伊通,埃特尼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • During his two terms, Johnson—educated at the elite boarding school Eton and Oxford University—developed a reputation as a gaffe-prone and out-of-touch but undeniably charismatic celebrity mayor.

  • The alternative could have been Eton where Charles might have made important connections.

  • That the Eton- and Oxford-educated Cameron can come to terms with the realities of numbers should come as no surprise.

  • Huxley, 14 in 1908, had been just settling in at Eton when his mother died.

  • Harrovians were also judged to be a bit thick, as the school was not as academically demanding as Eton.

  • It was filmed at Eton in the early nineties, when I was a student there.

  • And watching these two programs side by side makes one feel infinitely happier to have been expelled from Eton than from Harrow.

  • Egypt was once a land of mystery; now, every lad, on leaving Eton, yachts it to the pyramids.

  • Educated at Eton and at Edinburgh University, he occupied at various times several minor government posts.

  • Lady Barnes had entirely refused to go, and Mr. and Mrs. French had departed that morning for Eton.

  • Not long afterwards his friends recommended him for the Provostship of Eton College.

  • I received my education at Eton and at Cambridge University.