literature

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈlɪt.ɚ.ə.t͡ʃɚ/|[ˈlɪɾ.ɚ.ə.t͡ʃɚ]|/ˈlɪ.tɹə.t͡ʃɚ/|[ˈlɪ.t͡ʃɹə.t͡ʃɚ]|/ˈlɪtɚ.t͡ʃɚ/|/ˈlɪt.ə.t͡ʃɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The body of all written works. uncountable,usually
  2. The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture. uncountable,usually
    — He’s studying English literature at university.
  3. All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject. uncountable,usually
    — The obvious question to ask at this point is: ‘Why posit the existence of a set of Thematic Relations (THEME, AGENT, INSTRUMENT, etc.) distinct from constituent structure relations?ʼ The answer given in the relevant literature is that a variety of linguistic phenomena can be accounted for in a more principled way in terms of Thematic Functions than in terms of constituent structure relations.
  4. Written fiction of a high standard. uncountable,usually
    — 2008, Adam Cadre However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature, because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories.
  5. Literacy; ability to read and write. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — They all assumed to be mighty rakish and knowing, they were not very tidy in their private dresses, they were not at all orderly in their domestic arrangements, and the combined literature of the whole company would have produced but a poor letter on any subject.

词形变化

literatures plural lit. alternative literatuer alternative

词汇关系

近义词
literature
衍生词
antiliterature Clementine literature comparative literature cyberliterature DDLC e-literature escape literature found literature global literature gray literature grey literature hyperliterature illiterature literatize literatured literature review literature search literaturology literotica loiterature medieval literature metaliterature microliterature mirror literature nonliterature obliterature orature paraliterature polite literature preliterature secondary literature speculum-literature speculum literature subliterature Twitterature world literature
相关词
letter literal literacy literate literary title subtitle abstract part chapter section subsection preface prologue epilogue footnote sidenote heading body text paragraph verse bibliography canto
部分词
work fiction nonfiction prose poetry novel novella poem short story fairy tale fable script screenplay treatise article paper monograph essay write-up reference work encyclopedia dictionary directory thesaurus almanac anthology omnibus reader atlas manual guidebook concordance lexicon gazetteer compendium annals chronicle periodical newspaper magazine journal gazette tabloid broadsheet column editorial feuilleton opinion piece diary letters transcript grimoire bestiary Necronomicon biography autobiography obituary manifesto polite literature By size and format book paperback softback hardback hardcover brochure booklet leaflet pamphlet advertisement flyer circular handbill tome By book size folio quarto sexto octavo duodecimo sextodecimo octodecimo vicesimo-quarto trigesimo-secundo quadragesimo-octavo sexagesimo-quarto

词源

Etymology tree
Latin littera
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin litterātūrader.
Old French littératurebor.
Middle English literature
English literature
From Middle English literature, from Old French littérature, from Latin literatura or litteratura, from littera (“letter”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”). Displaced native Old English bōccræft.
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