| 词组 | novel |
| 释义 | noun | adjective novel1 /ˈnɒvəl $ ˈnɑː-/ noun a long written story in which the characters and events are usually imaginaryverbsread a novel Have you read Anne Tyler’s latest novel?write a novel She writes historical novels.publish a novel His first novel was published in 2005.be based on a novel The film is based on a novel by Robert Harris.a novel is set somewhere (=the events in it take place there) Many of her novels are set in Egypt.adjectives/nouns + novela great/good novel She wanted to write a great novel.a classic novel We will be discussing Aldous Huxley’s classic novel ‘Brave New World’.a best-selling novel (=one that a lot of people buy) She is the author of several best-selling novels.a popular novel (=one that a lot of people like) Spring became a writer of popular novels.a modern/contemporary novel Too many students only read contemporary novels.sb’s debut novel (=their first novel) It’s an impressive debut novel.a romantic novel He was as handsome as the hero of a romantic novel.a historical novel (=one about a time in the past) Graves wrote historical novels set in ancient Rome.an autobiographical novel (=one that is based on events in the writer’s life) Isherwood’s ‘Goodbye to Berlin’ is an autobiographical novel about his time in Germany.a detective/crime novel I like reading crime novels.a horror novel (=one in which strange and frightening things happen) The hotel looked like something out of a gothic horror novel.prepositionsa novel by sb I’m reading a novel by D. H. Lawrence.the novels of sb We’re studying the novels of Jane Austen.a novel about sb/sth He is writing a novel about the First World War. noun | adjective novel2 /ˈnɒvəl $ ˈnɑː-/ adjective THESAURUS > new (1) |
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