preparatory school

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preˈparatory ˌschool noun [countable]  1. SESa private school in Britain for children between the ages of 8 and 13 13 〔英国供8至13岁孩子就读的〕私立小学，预备学校2. SESa private school in the US that prepares students for college 〔美国的〕私立高中，私立预科学校

Examples from the Corpus

preparatory school• Undismayed, she sent me to a first-class crammer for two terms, and Brian to another preparatory school.• I was then sent to an ordinary preparatory school for boys.• Her family, like mine, was a respectable working-class one, her father being the groundsman at a private preparatory school.

preˈparatory ˌschool nounChineseSyllable  

in between children of the for private a Corpus Britain ages school

preparatory school
preˈparatory ˌschool noun [countable]
1. a private school in Britain for children between the ages of 8 and 13
2. a private school in the US that prepares students for college

preparatory schoolBrE /prɪˈpærətri skuːl/ 🔊NAmE /prɪˈpærətɔːri skuːl/ 🔊 (also ˈprep school) noun(in Britain) a private school for children between the ages of 7 and 13 预备学校（英国为准备升入公学者而设的私立小学）  ➡  compare public school (1) (in the US) a school, usually a private one, that prepares students for college 预备学校（美国为准备升入高等院校者而设的私立中学）