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.