semester
noun /sɪˈmestə(r)/
/sɪˈmestər/
- (especially in North America) one of the two periods that the school or college year is divided into
学期（一学年分两个学期） - the spring/fall semester
春季／秋季学期
Topics Timeb1, Educationb1- I spent a semester at the University of Madrid.
我在马德里大学待了一个学期。 - I was finishing my last semester in college and trying to look for a job.
我当时即将结束最后一个学期的大学生活，正想找份工作。 - The new semester started on February 3.
新学期 2 月 3 日开始。 - The semester break had begun.
期中假期已经开始。 - The total curriculum is 54 semester hours.
全部课程长度为 54 学时。 - students completing all eight semesters of the program
完成该课程全部 8 个学期学习的学生 - the end of the first-semester course
第一学期课程收尾阶段
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- fall
- …
- spend
- begin
- complete
- …
- begin
- start
- end
- …
- break
- hour
- credit hours
- …
词源early 19th cent.: from German Semester, from Latin semestris ‘six-monthly’, from sex ‘six’ + mensis ‘month’. - the spring/fall semester