单词 | self-instructor |
释义 | self-instructorn. 1. A manual used for self-instruction. Now historical.Chiefly in the titles of such manuals.Quot. 1700 may represent a use of sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] handbookOE doctrinalc1450 directory1543 school1545 instruction book1546 companion1621 body1647 tutor1665 self-instructor1700 tutorer1702 preceptorc1710 textbook1779 self-instructer1800 bench book1887 user guide1936 user manual1936 text1955 1700 J. Hare (title) The first, second and third books of the self-instructor on the violin. 1803 (title) The British soldier's guide, and volunteer's self-instructor. 1883 (title) Ward and Lock's self-instructor; or, every man his own schoolmaster. 1944 Music Educators Jrnl. Apr. 19/1 The playing of these instruments is easily and quickly learned through means of a very clever and effective ‘Ten-Minute Self Instructor’. 2004 Scouting Mag. Mar. 75 This quirky ‘self-instructor’ for boys and young men (modelled on the popular ‘self-help’ books of the time) was an instant success with young audiences. 2. A person who teaches, educates, or trains himself or herself, typically from manuals or other books; a person who engages in or practises self-instruction. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > self-taught person autodidact1534 self-instructer1679 automath1759 self-instructor1812 1812 Monthly Mag. May 359/2 An improved Spanish Grammar, designed for every class of learners, but especially for self-instructors. 1887 Aberdeen Jrnl. 2 June 2/5 [The book's] object is to economise labour by presenting what is necessary to the self-instructor in the most concise..form. 1930 Publishers Weekly 4 Oct. 1619/1 A feature that makes it particularly helpful to self-instructors is the list of questions that follow each chapter. 2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Electronic ed.) 28 Apr. 12 Freud ranks among the great self-instructors of modern art. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1700 |
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