novel

novel¹
noun

a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism
（长篇）小说
the novels of Jane Austen.
简•奥斯丁的小说。
■a book containing such a narrative
小说书
she was reading a paperback novel.
她在看一本平装小说书。
■(the novel)the literary genre represented or exemplified by such works
（作为文学作品的一种类型）小说
the novel is the most adaptable of all literary forms.
小说是一切文学形式中最容易改编的形式。
Although there are precedents in the ancient world, the fully developed novel in the West is of relatively recent origin: it is usually dated back to Don Quixote (1605–15) by Cervantes. The novel is bound by no rules of structure, style, or subject matter, a flexibility which has helped to make it the most important and popular literary genre in the modern age

语源

mid 16th cent.: from Italian novella (storia) 'new (story'), feminine of novello 'new', from Latin novellus, from novus 'new'. The word is also found from late Middle English until the 18th cent. in the sense 'a novelty, a piece of news', from Old French novelle (see novel)

novel²
adjective

interestingly new or unusual
新奇的，不寻常的
he hit on a novel idea to solve his financial problems.
他想到了一个解决他经济困难的奇特主意。

派生
novelly
adverb
语源

late Middle English (in the sense 'recent'): from Old French, from Latin novellus, from novus 'new'

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