novel

英 [ˈnɒvl]

美 [ˈnɑːvl]

n.  (长篇)小说
adj.  新颖的; 与众不同的; 珍奇的

复数：novels　

高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.2109 / COCA.1647

同义词辨析

fictionfablenovelromancestorytale【导航词义：故事】

牛津词典

noun

• （长篇）小说
  a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary
  1. to write/publish/read a novel
     创作 / 发表 / 阅读长篇小说
  2. detective/historical/romantic novels
     侦探 / 历史 / 言情小说
  3. the novels of Jane Austen
     简∙奥斯汀的小说

adj.

• 新颖的；与众不同的；珍奇的
  different from anything known before; new, interesting and often seeming slightly strange
  1. a novel feature
     新特征

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (长篇)小说
  Anovelis a long written story about imaginary people and events.
  1. ...a novel by Herman Hesse...
     一部赫尔曼·黑塞的小说
  2. ...historical novels set in the time of the Pharaohs.
     以法老时代为背景的历史小说
• ADJ-GRADED 新的;新奇的;新颖的
  Novelthings are new and different from anything that has been done, experienced, or made before.
  1. Protesters found a novel way of demonstrating against steeply rising oil prices...
     抗议者找到了抗议油价飞涨的新办法。
  2. The very idea of a sixth form college was novel in 1962.
     第六学级学院在1962年还是新提法。

英英释义

noun

• a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
  1. his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels
  2. he burned all the novels
• an extended fictional work in prose

adj

• pleasantly new or different
  1. common sense of a most refreshing sort
  Synonym:refreshing
• original and of a kind not seen before
  1. the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
  Synonym:freshnew

双语例句

• This child was fascinated by the plots in the novel.
  这个小孩被小说的情节吸引住了。
• Her novel subverts the conventions of linear narrative. It has no neat chronology and no tidy denouement.
  她的小说颠覆了线性叙事的传统，没有清晰的时间线索，也没有简单明了的结局。
• For some this is the greatest novel in the world. For others it is unreadable
  对于一些人来说这是世界上最伟大的小说，但对于另一些人来说，它不值得一读。
• This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm.
  这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影。
• John Steinbeck used the dust and the pitiless skies as the backcloth to his novel.
  约翰·斯坦贝克把尘土和烈日炙烤的天空用作小说的背景。
• Protesters found a novel way of demonstrating against steeply rising oil prices
  抗议者找到了抗议油价飞涨的新办法。
• It's a cracking novel
  这是一部很优秀的小说。
• That passage interested me because it seems to parallel very closely what you're doing in the novel
  那一段引起了我的关注，因为它似乎与你在小说里所采用的手法非常相似。
• The novel is worlds apart from his academic writings.
  这本小说和他的学术著作截然不同。
• Recently, I dug out Barstow's novel and read it again
  最近，我把巴斯托的小说翻出来又读了一遍。