单词 | mnemonics |
释义 | mnemonicsn. The study and development of systems for assisting and improving the memory; a system or technique to improve the memory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > improvement of memory, mnemonics > [noun] artificial memoryc1545 art of memoryc1545 art memorative1576 mnemonic1662 mnemonics1721 memoria technica1730 mnemotechnics1845 mnemotechny1845 anamnestica1856 Pelmanism1916 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Mnemonicks, Precepts or Rules and common Places to help the Memory. 1737 S. Lowe (title) Mnemonics delineated in a small compass. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Mnemonicks, the act [sic] of memory. 1823 Reg. Arts & Sci. 1 46 (heading) Mnemonicks... The art of assisting the memory was much thought of by the ancients. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 756/2 Mnemonics,..the art of refreshing the memory of particular things by artificial aids. 1881 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 10 93 Topical aids to memory are of the greatest service.., and teachers of mnemonics make large use of them, as by advising a speaker to mentally associate the corners &c., of a room with the chief divisions of the speech he is about to deliver. 1900 Dict. National Biogr. LXII. 19/1 To students of mnemomics Willis is well known as the author of ‘Mnemonica; sive Ars Reminiscendi’. 1950 Amer. Sociol. Rev. Oct. (front matter) Coming November 15th Vol. 2 (J—Z)..articles on jazz, masks..mnemonics. 1991 Police Chief Feb. 28/2 Cognitive interviewing techniques are based on the principles of ‘mnemonics’, a technique for improving the memory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1721 |
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