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anthology

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++an·thol·o·gy /ænˈθɒlədʒi $ ænˈθɑː-/ ●○○ noun (plural anthologies) [countable]  TCNa set of stories, poems, songs etc by different people collected together in one book 〔故事、诗、歌曲等的〕选集 SYN collection an anthology of American literature 美国文学选集anthologist noun [countable]
Examples from the Corpus
anthologyThe story of his being signed to Restless Records is itself worthy of inclusion in an anthology somewhere.The entire history on which our leading Occidental religions have been founded is an anthology of fictions.Both books are anthologies of materials by a large number of contributors.Feminist anthologies often include a couple of pieces by young and old women.The Anglo-Norman fabliaux are preserved in manuscripts that are miscellaneous literary anthologies.For one thing, a government agency may have commercial or political aims in commissioning surveys or anthologies.I tried to make out the cover and thought it might be a recent anthology of poetry.My response was to make one condition of my own - that the anthology should include prayers from other religions.
Origin anthology (1600-1700) Modern Latin anthologia, from Greek, gathering flowers, from anthos ( → ANTHER) + logia collecting
an·thol·o·gy nounChineseSyllable
a stories, Corpus set different songs people by poems, of etc


anthology
anthology /ænˈθɒlədʒi $ ænˈθɑː-/ noun (plural anthologies) [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Modern Latin
 Origin: anthologia, from Greek, 'gathering flowers', from anthos ( anther) + logia 'collecting'
a set of stories, poems, songs etc by different people collected together in one book
   SYN  collection:
    an anthology of American literature
—anthologist noun [countable]
     
THESAURUS
■ poems
    poetry poems in general, or the art of writing them: He reads a lot of poetry. | She wrote poetry and children’s stories. | a poetry book
    verse words arranged in the form of poetry: a book of comic verse
    anthology a set of poems by different people collected together in one book: an anthology of Caribbean poetry


an·thol·ogyBrE /ænˈθɒlədʒi/ 🔊NAmE /ænˈθɑːlədʒi/ 🔊 noun (
plural
an·thol·ogies
)
a collection of poems, stories, etc. that have been written by different people and published together in a book (不同作家作品的)选集