“高考”的英文是汉语拼音的 gaokao，牛津词典多年前就收录了这个源自中文的单词。牛津词典的定义是：(in China) a test of a student’s academic skills, used for admission to colleges and universities【（中国）学生学业水平测试，用于高等院校招生录取】，牛津词典的例句是：the interns all had good grades from the best university in the province, having aced the gruelling gaokao【这些实习生都毕业于省内最好的大学，成绩优异，当年都在折磨人的高考中取得了拔尖的成绩】。曾老师在上海祝福全国考生都超常发挥，得偿所愿