schoolchild
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++school·child /ˈskuːltʃaɪld/ noun (plural schoolchildren /-tʃɪldrən/) [countable] SESa child attending school 学童，中小学生► see thesaurus at student
Examples from the Corpus
schoolchild• By day they give workshops in schools trying to de-mystify classic works for schoolchildren.• Read in studio Four schoolchildren have taken on the farming world - and won.• Obviously I am always interested in finding out how schoolchildren are preparing for careers in engineering.• Communities set up clinics to deliver free gamma globulin shots to schoolchildren.• For example, they transport schoolchildren to events in unmarked buses, or pick them up from locations outside West Belfast.• If the average middle class white schoolchild is out of touch with the literary standard, the minority child is doubly so.• Smith was told to spend more time with schoolchildren.school·child nounChineseSyllable
a attending school Corpus child
schoolchild
school‧child /ˈskuːltʃaɪld/
noun (plural schoolchildren /-tʃɪldrən/) [countable]
a child attending school
▪ student someone who is studying at a university or school. In British English, student is not usually used to refer to a child at primary school: a student at Moscow University | How many students are there in your class? | The university has a lot of overseas students. | Most schools have special classes for students with learning difficulties.
▪pupil especially British English someone who is being taught in a particular school or by a particular teacher: The school has 300 pupils. | He received a letter from one of his former pupils.
▪schoolchild a child who goes to school: The play was performed by a group of local schoolchildren.
▪schoolboy/schoolgirl especially British English a boy or girl who goes to school – used especially when talking about how they behave, or that time in someone’s life: They were behaving like naughty schoolgirls. | When he was a schoolboy, no one had heard of computers. | He blushed at her like a schoolboy.
▪learner someone who is learning a foreign language: Learners often have problems with pronunciation. | a book for foreign learners of English
school‧child /ˈskuːltʃaɪld/
noun (plural schoolchildren /-tʃɪldrən/) [countable]a child attending school
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student a person who is studying in a school, especially an older child 指在校学习的学生，尤指较大的学生 ：◆ Students are required to be in school by 8.30. 学生须在 8:30 以前到校。 ◆ Any high school student could tell you the answer. 随便一个高中生都可以告诉你答案。 pupil ( a person who is being taught, especially a child in a schoolBrE 指学生，尤指小学生 ：◆ The school has over 850 pupils. 这所小学有 850 多名学生。 NOTE Pupil is used only in British English and is starting to become old-fashioned.Student is often preferred, especially by teachers and other people involved in education, and especially when talking about older children.* pupil 只用于英式英语，并已开始过时。现在尤其是教师和教育工作者，较常用 student，多指较大的学生。 schoolboy/schoolgirl/schoolchild a boy, girl or child who attends school 指学校的男生、女生、学童、小学生 ：◆ Since she was a schoolgirl she had dreamed of going on the stage. 自从上学以来她就一直梦想着成为演员。 NOTE These words emphasize the age of the children or this period in their lives; they are less often used to talk about teaching and learning. * schoolboy/schoolgirl/schoolchild 强调童年或学龄时期，较少用于教与学 ：◆ an able schoolboy/schoolgirl/schoolchild
Patterns
a(n) good/bright/able/brilliant/star/outstanding student/pupila naughty schoolboy/schoolgirl/schoolchilda disruptive student/pupila(n) ex-/former student/pupila school student/pupilto teach students/pupils/schoolboys/schoolgirls/schoolchildren