首页英语词典chrestomathychrestomathy的意思

chrestomathy

英 [kre'stɒməθɪ] 美
  • n. 读本;诸家名文选集,佳作选集

词态变化


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.