| 单词 | three r's |
| 释义 | three R'sSEE SYNONYMS FOR three R's ON THESAURUS.COM plural nounreading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic, regarded as the fundamentals of education. the fundamentals, basic knowledge, or skills of any system or field: the three R's of good government. Origin of three R'sFirst recorded in 1820–30 Words nearby three R'sthree-quarter time, three-quarter turn stair, threequel, three-ring circus, Three Rivers, three R's, three's a crowd, threes and eights, threescore, three sheets to the wind, Three Signs of Being Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for three R'sthree Rs pl nthe three Rs the three skills regarded as the fundamentals of education; reading, writing, and arithmetic Word Origin for three Rsfrom the humorous spelling reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with three R'sthree R's The fundamentals of education, as in It's a terrible school; the children are not even taught the three R's. It is widely believed that Sir William Curtis, an alderman who became Lord Mayor of London, once presented a toast to the three R's—reading, riting, and rithmetic—thereby betraying his illiteracy. In any event, the term was picked up by others and so used from the early 1800s on. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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