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单词 pas op
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pas opint.

Brit. /ˌpas ˈɒp/, U.S. /ˌpæs ˈɑp/, South African English /ˌpʌs ˈɒp/
Forms: 1800s– pas op, 1900s– passop, 1900s– passup.
Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch pas op.
Etymology: < South African Dutch pas op, imperative of oppassen to take care, be careful (17th cent. in Dutch; compare Middle Dutch passen op , and also German regional (Low German) uppassen , German aufpassen (18th cent.), all in the same sense) < op- up- prefix + passen to fit (Middle Dutch passen to measure off; < pas step, pace < Old French pas : see pace n.1).
South African.
‘Look out!’ ‘Beware!’
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1835 J. W. D. Moodie Ten Years in S. Afr. II. 80 I was suddenly warned of approaching danger by loud cries of ‘Pas op’, (Look out,) coupled with my name in Dutch and English.]
1860 A. W. Drayson Sporting Scenes (ed. 2) 151 Of all things mind cow-elephants without tusks; they are not common, but if you do come across a ‘poes-kop’ like this, ‘pas-op’ (take care).
1901 E. Wallace Unoffic. Despatches 98 If he once gives fight, makes a stand, and brings the whole of his force into action, then pas op, De Wet!
1949 C. Bullock Rina 26 ‘Over the wet season? Pas op, kerel!’ warned Piet. ‘There's bad sickness after the rains.’
1989 M. Benson Far Cry 14 A foreman lit a fuse leading to dynamite packed into the hillside, shouted ‘Pas op!’ and blew a whistle.
2018 Times Select (S. Afr.) (Electronic ed.) 15 May (heading) Pasop, Amazon, post offices are coming to eat your lunch.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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