Harvard

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho, named after the university.
  3. A place in the United States:; A city in McHenry County, Illinois.
  4. A place in the United States:; A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts (not the location of the university, which is in Cambridge, Middlesex County).
  5. A place in the United States:; A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska, named for the university.
  6. A university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.
    — The Harvard psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker appeared on the podcast of Aporia, an outlet whose owners advocate for a revival of race science and have spoken of seeking “legitimation by association” by platforming more mainstream figures.
  7. A person who attends, attended, or is likely to attend Harvard; by extension, a person very successful academically.
    — I'd finished my second year at Harvard when I boarded the Penn Trader […] Not surprisingly. my name became Harvard. "Hey Harvard, get your ass back to the lazarette and bring me another bucket of red lead!"
  8. A person who attends, attended, or is likely to attend Harvard; by extension, a person very successful academically.; a person who is nerdy, excessively privileged, pretentious broadly,derogatory
    — Don't mind her, kiddos. Miss Harvard ain't used to gettin' her hands dirty.

词源

A variant of Harward reflecting the merger of /v/ and /w/ in the dialects of southeastern England; thus from Middle English Herward, Herreward, itself from Old English Hereweard and a doublet of Harward and Hereward. Compare German Herwarth.
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