Ivy League noun
Learner's definition of IVY LEAGUE
[singular]
: 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 ◊ 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。