chrestomathy
英 [kre'st?m?θ?]
美
- n. 讀本；諸家名文選集，佳作選集
詞態變化
復數:?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.