field trip

field trip

English

Noun

field trip (plural field trips)

1. A trip, usually in a group and especially by students, to a place of special interest for education, research or exploration; a trip into the field.
   • 2013, Eileen M. Jones, Letters From Nigeria: Experiences of a Peace Corps Volunteer, page 94:

     As I wrote we have a field trip scheduled (starting in about 1 hour to be exact since it's now 6 AM). We will take 72 of the second years to the coal mines, asbestos factory, steel mills in Enugu then up to Nnsuka.

Related terms

• field day

Translations

educational trip

Catalan: excursió (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 實地考察／实地考察 (shídì kǎochá) Czech: exkurze (cs) f, škola v přírodě f Estonian: ekskursioon, õppekäik, õppereis Finnish: luokkaretki (fi), opintoretki, opintomatka French: sortie scolaire f, classe verte (fr) f German: Exkursion (de) f Hungarian: (iskolai) kirándulás, osztálykirándulás Irish: turas allamuigh m Italian: viaggio di istruzione m, uscita didattica f Japanese: 修学旅行 (しゅうがくりょこう, shūgakuryokō) Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: zielona szkoła (pl) f Russian: экску́рсия (ru) f (ekskúrsija), похо́д (ru) m (poxód) Spanish: excursión (es) f Swedish: studiebesök (sv) n

Further reading

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