| 单词 | literature |
| 释义 | literature (once / 105 pages) n Literature is writing, usually good, creative, or smart writing, or at least we hope it is. If you love books and have stacks of them at home, then you are a lover of literature. Literature comes from the Latin root litterātūra, or lettered, but there are higher standards for literature than just something written down. Novels and stories are considered literature. If you're a practicing psychologist, you have keep up with the current literature on psychology, which is what researching psychologists write, not novels about shrinks. You might want your profession to be literature, but you'll probably have to teach literature while you're waiting for the book deal. WORD FAMILYliterature: literatures+/literary: literarily, literature, nonliterary, subliterary, unliterary USAGE EXAMPLESThe scientific literature concurs with the anecdotal evidence I collected. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Younger Taiwanese like Japanese food, cartoons and literature, while Japan is Taiwanese people’s top travel destination. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) If the result is great literature, it would be perverse to judge hearing voices an aberration requiring treatment rather than a precious gift. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1n published writings in a particular style on a particular subject the technical literature one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature Hypo|Hyper historiography a body of historical literature piece of writing, writing, written material the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) 2n creative writing of recognized artistic value Exp|Hypo|Hyper Ramayana one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne Kamasutra(Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law Sanskrit literature Hindu literature written in Sanskrit Hastinapuraone of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined) Puranaa body of 18 works written between the first and 11th centuries and incorporating legends and speculative histories of the universe and myths and customary observances tantraany of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind sutraa rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization piece of writing, writing, written material the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) 3n the profession or art of a writer her place in literature is secure Hyper profession an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences) 4n the humanistic study of a body of literature Syn|Hyper lit literary study the humanistic study of literature |
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