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单词 hornbook
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Definition of hornbook in English:

hornbook

nounˈhɔːnbʊkˈhɔrnˌbʊk
historical
  • 1A teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One is an eighteenth-century hornbook (not illustrated), a common device for teaching the alphabet and numbers, but exceptional in this case because it is made of silver.
    1. 1.1North American Law A one-volume treatise summarizing the law in a specific field.
      a high demand for hornbooks that are quick and easy to use
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A nice example of this comes from hornbook contract law, and in particular the rule that one could not enforce a contract if one was not a party or had not given consideration.
      • From how he is described, one can guess that if Roberts were a professor today, he would likely be a doctrinally-oriented scholar and probably hornbook writer.
      • Tribe implies that a mere catalog or hornbook reciting recent decisions might be achievable, even if rapidly outdated.
      • As for studying, I've yet to use any kind of supplement, hornbook, etc.
      • Gaius wrote his famous Institutes, or hornbook, near the end of this time.
 
 

Definition of hornbook in US English:

hornbook

nounˈhɔrnˌbʊkˈhôrnˌbo͝ok
historical
  • 1A teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One is an eighteenth-century hornbook (not illustrated), a common device for teaching the alphabet and numbers, but exceptional in this case because it is made of silver.
    1. 1.1North American Law A one-volume treatise summarizing the law in a specific field.
      a high demand for hornbooks that are quick and easy to use
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Tribe implies that a mere catalog or hornbook reciting recent decisions might be achievable, even if rapidly outdated.
      • A nice example of this comes from hornbook contract law, and in particular the rule that one could not enforce a contract if one was not a party or had not given consideration.
      • Gaius wrote his famous Institutes, or hornbook, near the end of this time.
      • From how he is described, one can guess that if Roberts were a professor today, he would likely be a doctrinally-oriented scholar and probably hornbook writer.
      • As for studying, I've yet to use any kind of supplement, hornbook, etc.
 
 
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