词汇 | varsity |
词源 | varsity. Varsity, for the first-string team of a U.S. college or any school, is simply a shortened form of “university,” the varsi- ty team initially meaning the university team. In England, where the word is first recorded in 1846, varsity (formerly ver- sity) means Oxford University or Cambridge University. |
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