| 单词 | women's college |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswomen's college women's college n. (in North America) a university or (in the United Kingdom) a college (at Cambridge, Oxford, etc.) that admits only women as students; cf. seven sisters n. 5.In the United Kingdom most such colleges became co-educational in the late 20th cent., with a few exceptions, notably Newnham College, Cambridge. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > college or university > [noun] > university > college of house1527 women's college1867 1867 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 22 Nov. (1956) IV. 401 There is a scheme on foot for a women's college, or rather university..to be in connection with the Cambridge university. 1897 Q. Rev. Oct. 547 The existing women's colleges, Newnham, Girton, Somerville, and the rest; might combine to form a federal University. 1912 Outlook 19 Oct. 363/2 Bryn Mawr (1885) originated the ‘group system’ of major and minor studies, now in use in most women's colleges. 1984 ‘A. Cross’ Sweet Death, Kind Death xi. 129 Can you offer me one reason for women's colleges these days? 2003 U.S. Catholic (Nexis) 1 Sept. 24 Girls' schools and women's colleges, compared to coeducational environments..lead to higher percentages of Ph.D. attainments. < as lemmas |
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