semester
Word family nounsemesterizationsemesteradjectivesemestral
se·mes·ter /səˈmestə $ -ər/ ●●● S2 noun [countableC] SESSECone of the two periods of time that a year at high schools and universities is divided into, especially in the US 〔尤指美国中学和大学的〕一学期,半学年 → term1(5), quarter1(8) Origin semester (1800-1900) German Latin semestris “half-yearly”, from sex “six” + mensis “month”