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单词 pass-woman
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pass-womann.

Brit. /ˈpɑːsˌwʊmən/, /ˈpasˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈpæsˌwʊmən/
Inflections: Plural pass-women.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pass n.4, woman n.
Etymology: < pass n.4 + woman n., after passman n.
rare.
At Oxford and Cambridge Universities: a female student who reads for and takes a pass degree, as opposed to an honours degree; a female student who passes a degree without attaining honours. Cf. passman n. 1.
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1896 Westm. Gaz. 13 Feb. 1/3 One of the resolutions..proposes that women who have taken honours..shall be eligible for the degree, a diploma being offered to the ‘passwomen’ in lieu therof.
1900 G. C. Brodrick Mem. & Impr. 349 If there should ever be a large influx of pass-women of the same type as pass-men..difficulties of discipline will be greatly aggravated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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