chrestomathy

英 [kre'st?m?θ?] 美
  • n. 讀本；諸家名文選集，佳作選集

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?chrestomathies;

英文詞源

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.