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schoolmarm

/skool-mahrm/US // ˈskulˌmɑrm //UK // (ˈskuːlˌmɑːm) //

校医,校长,校董会,校务员

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Older Use.

    • : a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.

Examples

  • Or Boston's schoolmarm-ish Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which features the grim series, Profiles in Improvement.

  • Ill stop at the schoolhouse and see the schoolmarm, he said, and ask what is to be done, though I know she will laugh at me.

  • “I appreciate your confidence—your telling me of your life,” said the Schoolmarm, in lieu of something better.

  • The Schoolmarm scarcely knew what to say; his explanation seemed so entirely satisfactory to himself.

  • In confusion, “Babe” began to remove his spurs, thereby serving notice upon the Schoolmarm that he had “come to set a spell.”

  • Susie had felt herself rebuffed, and, like the Schoolmarm, Ralston had laughed at her with his eyes.