Hornbook

[hɒ:nbuk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge.

整理:拉尔夫--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer.

(n.) A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Primer.

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