diploma
/dɪˈpləʊmə/noun
1- a certificate awarded by an educational establishment to show that someone has successfully completed a course of study结业证, 文凭, 毕业证书, 学位证书。
1.1
- an official document or charter公文, 文书。
词源
mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'state paper'): via Latin from Greek diplōma 'folded paper', from diploun 'to fold', from diplous 'double'.