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chrestomathy
英 [kre'stɒməθɪ] 美
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 读本；诸家名文选集，佳作选集
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复数: chrestomathies;
英文词源
- chrestomathy (n.)
- "collection of literary passages," 1774, from French chrestomathie, from Latinized form of Greek khrestomatheia "desire of learning; book containing selected passages," lit. "useful learning," from khrestos "useful" (verbal adjective of khresthai "to make use of;" see hortatory) + manthanein "to learn" (see mathematic). Related: Chrestomathic.