:a group of eight colleges and universities in the eastern U.S. that have been respected for providing an excellent education for a long time常春藤联合会(指美国东部历史悠久、以教育卓越著称的八所学院及大学) — often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
an Ivy League diploma/degree常春藤联合会文凭/学位
an Ivy League university/college常春藤大学/学院
◊ The Ivy League consists of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, and Cornell universities, the University of Pennsylvania, and Dartmouth College.常春藤联合会包括哈佛大学、耶鲁大学、普林斯顿大学、哥伦比亚大学、布朗大学、康奈尔大学、宾夕法尼亚大学和达特茅斯学院。
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a group of long-established eastern U.S. colleges and universities widely regarded as high in scholastic and social prestige
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: of, relating to, or characteristic of the students of Ivy League schools