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学生,门生,未成年人,瞳孔
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pupil \Pu"pil\, n. [F. pupille, n. fem., L. pupilla the pupil of
the eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See {Puppet}, and
cf. {Pupil} a scholar.] (Anat.)
The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the
eye. See the Note under {Eye}, and {Iris}.
{Pin-hole pupil} (Med.), the pupil of the eye when so
contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium
poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. --Dunglison.
Pupil \Pu"pil\, n. [F. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus,
pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See {Puppet}, and cf.
{Pupil} of the eye.]
1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an
instructor or tutor.
Too far in years to be a pupil now. --Shak.
Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.
--L'Estrange.
2. A person under a guardian; a ward. --Dryden.
3. (Civil Law) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that
is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a
female.
Syn: Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See {Scholar}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
pupil
n 1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
[syn: {student}, {educatee}]
2: contractile aperture in the iris of the eye
3: a young person attending school (up through senior high
school) [syn: {schoolchild}, {school-age child}]