英汉词典

novel 基本解释

• adj. 新奇的；异常的
• n. 小说
• n. (Novel)人名；(法、西、英)诺韦尔

novel 词态变化

novel 中文词源

来自拉丁语novus,新的，词源同new,-el,小词后缀。引申词义新事物，新故事，后特别用于指一种文学体裁，即小故事，小说（长篇小说）。

novel 英文词源

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novel: English has acquired the word novel in several distinct instalments. First to arrive was the adjective, ‘new’ [15], which came via Old French from Latin novellus, a derivative of novus ‘new’ (to which English new is distantly related). (The Old French derived noun novelte had already reached English as novelty [14].) Next on the scene was a now obsolete noun novel ‘new thing, novelty’ [15], which went back to Latin novella, a noun use of the neuter plural of novellus.

In Italian, novellus became novello, and this was used in storia novella, literally ‘new story’, a term which denoted ‘short story’. English adopted this as a third novel [16], at first referring specifically to Italian short stories of the type written by Boccaccio, but by the mid- 17th century being extended to a longer ‘prose narrative’ (the original Italian novella was reborrowed in the early 20th century for a ‘short novel’).

English is also indebted to Latin novus for nova [19] (etymologically a ‘new star’) and novice [14].

novel (adj.)

"new, strange, unusual," early 15c., but little used before 1600, from Old French novel, nouvel "new, young, fresh, recent; additional; early, soon" (Modern French nouveau, fem. nouvelle), from Latin novellus "new, young, recent," diminutive of novus "new" (see new).

novel (n.)

"fictitious narrative," 1560s, from Italian novella "short story," originally "new story," from Latin novella "new things" (source of Middle French novelle, French nouvelle), neuter plural or fem. of novellus (see novel (adj.)). Originally "one of the tales or short stories in a collection" (especially Boccaccio's), later (1630s) "long work of fiction," works which had before that been called romances.

A novel is like a violin bow; the box which gives off the sounds is the soul of the reader. [Stendhal, "Life of Henri Brulard"]

novel 英文释义

1. a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

2. a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction;

"his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"

"he burned all the novels"

novel 同义词解析

new, fresh, novel, original, innovative

这些形容词均含"新的"之意。

new： 普通用词，与old相对，指最近的或创新的。

fresh： 指新鲜的、新做的，侧重创新。

novel： 侧重新事物的新奇和独特。

original： 强调独创性。

innovative： 强调富有创新和革新精神。

novel, romance, fiction, story, fable, tale

这些名词均含"小说，故事"之意。

novel： 指任何有情节、人物、对白，虚构的长篇散文体故事。

romance系novel早期的代用词，泛指具有强烈神话和传奇色彩的故事，现指爱情故事。

fiction： 指部分或全部虚构的短篇、中篇、长篇小说，也指传奇故事，是小说的总称。

story： 指篇幅较短，常包含一系列情节或事件，口述或书写成文的故事。

fable： 指短小而寓有教育意义的虚构故事。故事的主人公多为拟人化的动物或非动物之类。也作传说解。

tale常可与story换用，指以事实为中心作叙述的故事，也指古代流传下来的传说故事或神话故事。

novel 双语例句

1. The various elements of the novel fail to cohere.

这部小说的各部分之间缺乏连贯性。

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2. The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen.

编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。

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3. D H Lawrence immortalised her in his novel "Women in Love". D.H.

劳伦斯在小说《恋爱中的女人》中把她塑造成了一个不朽的角色。

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4. This adaptation perfectly captures the spirit of Kurt Vonnegut's novel.

这次改编非常好地抓住了库尔特·冯内古特小说的精髓。

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5. "Dottie" is by far his best novel to date.

《多蒂》是他迄今为止最好的小说。

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novel 实用场景例句

The various elements of the novel fail to cohere.

这部小说的各部分之间缺乏连贯性。

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The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen.

编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。

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This adaptation perfectly captures the spirit of Kurt Vonnegut's novel.

这次改编非常好地抓住了库尔特·冯内古特小说的精髓。

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"Dottie" is by far his best novel to date.

《多蒂》是他迄今为止最好的小说。

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This stupendous novel keeps you gripped to the end.

这部小说精彩到让你想一口气读完。

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She had begun to be a little bored with novel writing.

她开始对写小说有些厌倦了。

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W. Somerset Maugham's novel still packs an emotional punch.

威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的小说仍具有强烈的情感冲击力。

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He reverentially returned the novel to a glass-fronted bookcase.

他毕恭毕敬地把小说放回了正面装有玻璃的书架。

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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。

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Her editors wanted her to cut out the poetry from her novel.

编辑们想让她把这首诗从她的小说中删去。

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This novel is not science fiction, nor is it Gothic horror.

这本小说既非科幻小说亦非哥特派恐怖小说。

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As a novel, Nineteen Eighty-four hardly ranks with the greats.

作为一部小说，《一九八四》很难被列为杰作。

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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。

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Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic.

批评家们可能会认为小说的核心比喻过于简单。

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Her latest novel is perfect for a lazy summer's afternoon reading.

在慵懒的夏日午后阅读她的最新小说最合适不过了。

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