单词 | analects |
释义 | analects, n. pl.|ˈænəlɛkts| [ad. L. analecta, a. Gr. ἀνάλεκτα things gathered or picked up, f. ἀναλέγ-ειν, f. ἀνά up + λέγ-ειν to gather, pick up. Often used in L. form when applied to extracts from the classical authors.] †1. Crumbs that fall from the table; pickings up, gleanings. Obs.
1623Cockeram, Analects, crums which fall from the table. a1643Cartwright Ordinary iii. v. in Hazl. Dodsley XII. 269 No gleanings, James? No trencher-analects? 1721Bailey, Analects, Analecta, fragments gathered from Tables. 2. Literary gleanings; collections of fragments or extracts. (Usually as a title.)
1658Phillips, Analects,..is taken for Collections or Scraps out of Authors. 1770G. Carey (title) Analects in Verse and Prose. 1843Liddell & Scott Gr. Lex. Pref. xi, Antipater Sidonius: in Brunck's Analecta. 1861Sat. Rev. 30 Nov. 563 A few of the sage's sayings, selected from thousands..to be found in the Confucian Analects. |

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