hornbook
/hawrn-book/US // ˈhɔrnˌbʊk //UK // (ˈhɔːnˌbʊk) //
牛角书,喇叭书,喇叭口书,角书
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read.
- : a primer or book of rudiments.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
This may seem like hornbook eighth-grade civics, but it bears repeating.
And, Captain Borroughcliffe, as you appear to be forgetting the use of your own language, here is even a hornbook for you!
It was difficult to get books in those days, and a hornbook would last a long time.
They also tell of the use of the hornbook and the sun-dial, describe the making of soap and candles, and so forth.
But not to nod over a hornbook at the petty school—not John Shakespeare's son!
His "Gull's Hornbook" is written against coxcombs, and he says their "vinegar railings shall not quench his Alpine resolutions."
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