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elementary school

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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eleˈmentary ˌschool noun [countable]  SESa school in the US where basic subjects are taught for the first six years of a child’s education 〔美国的〕小学
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elementary schoolLike my contemporaries I first attended an elementary school, about which I remember only three things.A handbook for teachers published before the Second World War gives us the flavour of a drawing lesson in an elementary school.But, somehow, they had made out, until Jackie got a job teaching in an elementary school.Communityor work-based learning does not mean converting every elementary school classroom into a simulated supermarket or bank.Moreover, the practice of building vocabulary through weekly spelling tests in elementary school has been largely abandoned.In Tampa, Fla., he posed with elementary school students learning how to run businesses.
eleˈmentary ˌschool nounChineseSyllable
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elementary school
eleˈmentary ˌschool noun [countable]
a school in the US where basic subjects are taught for the first six years of a child’s education


elementary schoolBrE /ˌelɪˈmentri skuːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌelɪˈmentri skuːl/ 🔊 (also informal ˈgrade school) noun(in the US) a school for children between the ages of about 6 and 12 (美国)小学