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    Oxbridge

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    Ox·bridge /ˈɒksˌbrɪdʒ $ ˈɑːks-/ noun [uncountable]  SECthe universities of Oxford and Cambridge 牛津大学和剑桥大学 → redbrick
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    Oxbridge• University awards at Oxbridge in 1973 equalled the 1954 record, with five Scholarships and Exhibitions.• His voice was cultured Oxbridge, and the grim intent in that voice made Cardiff and Pearce stand obediently aside.• The same Oxbridge colleges figure over and over again in the biographies of these and many other singers.• College membership in the Oxbridge system is of prime significance.
    Ox·bridge nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus Oxford and the Cambridge of universities


    Oxbridge
    Ox‧bridge /ˈɒksˌbrɪdʒ $ ˈɑːks-/ noun [uncountable]
    the universities of Oxford and Cambridge ⇨ redbrick


    Ox·bridgeBrE /ˈɒksbrɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɑːksbrɪdʒ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, when they are thought of together 牛津剑桥大学◆an Oxbridge education牛津剑桥的教育  ➡  compare Ivy League, red-brick (2)