field trip

See also: fieldtrip

English

Alternative forms

• fieldtrip

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
• fieldwork

 

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 (hu)
• Irish: turas allamuigh m
• Italian: viaggio di istruzione m, uscita didattica f
• Japanese: 修学旅行 (ja) (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

• “field trip”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.