单词 | home lesson |
释义 | > as lemmashome lesson home lesson n. (a) a pointed lesson or moral (now rare); (b) a lesson learnt or taught at home rather than in school; a piece of homework. ΚΠ 1791 Whitehall Evening Post 29 Oct.–1 Nov. The decayed popularity of M. Neckar is a home lesson to the vanity of Statesmen. 1853 Manch. Examiner & Times 19 Feb. (Suppl.) 4/6 Another feature in the progress of the year is the extensive purchase of school-books made by the children, and the consequent introduction of home lessons. 1887 Spectator 10 Sept. 1220/2 Home lessons, also, are longer and more exacting than with us. 1905 School Sci. & Maths June 403 I was surprised one day to find the following problem given to the girls for a home lesson. 2000 A. B. Elliot Charming Bones xxiii. 210 The Schroeder's two young children..were being educated with home lessons, supplemented with radio programs. < as lemmas |
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