pu‧pil S2 W1 / pjup ə l / 名词 [可数名词]

1 especially British English someone who is being taught, especially a child :

About 20 pupils study music here.

staff and pupils

a star pupil (= a very good one )

a third-grade pupil

2 the small black round area in the middle of your eye → iris

THESAURUS

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