chrestomathy
英 [kre'stɒməθɪ]
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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.