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单词 genre
释义
genregen‧re /ˈʒɒnrə $ ˈʒɑːnrə/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINgenre
Origin:
1800-1900 French, Old French gendre; ➔ GENDER
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Italian filmmakers made their own versions of the classic Hollywood genres - the western, the gangster film, the musical.
  • Science fiction as a genre is relatively new.
  • This movie is much better than others of the horror genre.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • In the eighteenth century the first modern novelists recognized that these genres could be used to tell a story.
  • The genre is wider and more experimental and now has the element of pastiche.
  • The comedia lacrimosa is a minor genre.
  • The more highly constrained and ritualised the genre, the more likely we are to be able to identify norms.
  • The resulting book falls somewhere between the teen diary / confessional genre and the academic feminist treatise.
  • Younger audiences are becoming increasingly interested in bands of this musical grab-bag genre, and not only as a retro fad.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
one member of a group of people or things that have similar features or qualities. Type is the usual word to use in scientific or technical contexts. In everyday English, people usually use kind or sort: · What type of fish is this?· There are two main personality types.
a type of person or thing. Kind is less formal than type, and is used especially in everyday English: · What kind of food do you like?· There were all kinds of people there.· The study is the first of its kind in Ireland.
especially British English a type of person or thing. Sort is less formal than type, and is used especially in everyday British English: · What sort of person is she?· I like all sorts of music.
one type of something from all the ones that are possible – used especially when things have different physical characteristics, or in certain fixed phrases: · There are many forms of heart disease.· Melanoma is a form of skin cancer.· The first primitive life forms consumed various materials, including hydrogen sulfide, and released oxygen.· In those days, horses were the commonest form of transport.· We need to use alternative forms of energy.· a popular form of entertainment
a type that is slightly different from others in the same group: · The French make many varieties of cheese.· This is a new variety of apple.
a type of plant or animal, which can breed together to produce plants or animals of the same type: · These forests contain many species of trees.· The giant panda is an endangered species.
formal used when talking about a particular type of thing: · Many people find it embarrassing to discuss problems of a sexual nature.· Minor incidents of this nature normally occur about once a month.
a group of people or things that are all of the same type – used when there is a clear system for deciding which group something belongs to: · The three major categories of rock are: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.· She won the best actress category at the Oscars.
used when talking about the particular way that someone does something or thinks about something, when this is very different from that of other people: · She has her own special brand of humour.· He has called for a more positive brand of politics.
formal a type of art, music, literature etc. that has a particular style or feature: · He has written novels in several genres, most notably science fiction.
Longman Language Activatora type of person or thing
a group of things or people that are similar to each other in some way, or a thing or person that belongs to such a group. Kind and sort are more common than type in spoken English. Use type when you are talking about technical subjects or when you are describing something in an exact way: · I'll get you some ice-cream. What kind would you like?type/kind/sort of: · The floor was made of three different types of wood.· What sort of fish is this?· "What type of music do you like?" "Mainly dance music and some indie."· She's the kind of person you can always rely on.· There are two sorts of politician - the ones who really want to help people, and the ones who just want power.of this/that type etc: · Accidents of this type are extremely common.· It's a club for writers and actors and people of that sort.of various/many/different types etc: · They export farming machinery and tools of various kinds.
a particular type of building, art, literature, music etc: · The new library is a blend of various architectural styles.style of: · a completely new style of painting
a group that people or things of the same type are divided into for a particular purpose - use this when there are several groups and there is a clear system for deciding which group something belongs to: · Emma Thompson won an Oscar in the Best Actress category.· The novels are divided up into three categories: historical, romantic, and crime.category of: · Insurance companies identify six main categories of driver.
a number of people or things that are considered as being of the same group because they have the same physical features, qualities etc: class of: · French is one of a class of languages known as the Romance languages.· Doctors are reluctant to prescribe a new class of drugs, especially ones which need to be taken for long periods of time.
a type of thing that is different from another similar type: variety of: · The French make many varieties of cheese, from both cows' and goats' milk.· At that time, all newsreaders spoke a variety of English spoken in southern England, known as Received Pronunciation.
formal a type of literature, film, or work of art: · Science fiction as a genre is relatively new.· Italian filmmakers made their own versions of the classic Hollywood genres - the western, the gangster film, the musical.
a form of something is one type of it of all the ones that are possible: form of: · Melanoma is a form of skin cancer.· Britain has a constitutional form of government.· Sugar in chocolate and other forms of confectionery is one of the major causes of tooth decay.
a particular type of thing: of a political/historical/technical/scientific/sexual nature : · The support being given is primarily of a practical nature.· books of an erotic natureof a different/similar nature: · On the plains the farmers have to deal with frequent floods, but up in the hills their problems are of a different nature. of that nature: · Children at this age commonly refer to being eaten up by tigers and lions and things of that nature.be in the nature of something (=to be like something): · The cruise was to be in the nature of a "rest cure".
of that type, his type etc - use this especially about types that you do not like or respect: · Environmentalists, feminists, and others of that ilk regularly try to drive shows like this off the air.· Desserts ($5) were of the tiramisu, crème brûlée, chocolate torte ilk.
especially spoken of the type that you have just been talking about: · The children need new pens and pencils and things like that.· People like that really annoy me.· I'm not sure what to do. I've never been in a situation like this before.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Familiarity with many different styles and genres is now encouraged.· Everyone was in such different genres of music.· The result is a range of different genres of literary criticism and literary theory, to some extent distinguished by register.
· By the 1850s the tradition had declined, so that Baudelaire was seeking to give new life to a decayed literary genre.· Evidence suggests that some teachers are least happy about teaching poetry to this age group, in comparison with the other main literary genres.
· A programme of jazz and classical music, showing the saxophone as an instrument of both musical genres.· Younger audiences are becoming increasingly interested in bands of this musical grab-bag genre, and not only as a retro fad.
· It was a great way to be eased into a new genre.· And the new genre of populist politicians will have to deliver far more than free elections.· Dark Inheritance is Elaine Feinstein's first venture into a new genre: the literary thriller.· The level of difficulty is high, especially for those new to the genre.· Writing about slum life for middle- and upper-class consumption was not a new genre in the 1880s.· Could this be the birth of a new genre?· Applied wholesale to the arts, it added a new genre to the decade.
· The novel is not merely one genre among other genres.· It gets on poorly with other genres.· Pindar wrote his elaborate choral odes also in many other genres, but we have only fragments of these.· Evidence suggests that some teachers are least happy about teaching poetry to this age group, in comparison with the other main literary genres.· For such a theory has at its heart an object of study completely different to that which theory treats in other genres.
· The first concerns the dominant devices in a particular genre and/or period.· Likewise, some students prefer this writing approach because they can lean on the form and structure of a particular genre.· Happy the students who were inspired to independent judgements by this shrewd praise of a master of his particular genre.
VERB
· But it became my genre because of John Woo.· Shortly, thereafter, sentimentalism became prominent in other genres.
 formal a particular type of art, writing, music etc, which has certain features that all examples of this type sharegenre of a new genre of film-making a literary genre
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