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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

学期内

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xué qī nèi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Term-time/ˈtɜːm.taɪm/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"许多家长在学期内很难请假。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The period of time during which a school, college, or university is in session and holding classes.

    "Traffic is always much heavier during term-time due to the school run."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or occurring during the period when an educational institution is open for instruction.

    "She secured a flexible, term-time contract so she could look after her children during the holidays."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'term', derived from the Old French 'terme' and Latin 'terminus' (meaning a boundary or fixed time), with the Old English 'tīma' (meaning time, period, or season). It emerged primarily in British English contexts to designate the specific periods during which educational institutions hold classes, as opposed to holidays.

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