Literature

['lɪt(ə)rətʃə] or ['lɪtrətʃɚ]

解释:

(noun.) the profession or art of a writer; 'her place in literature is secure'.

(noun.) the humanistic study of a body of literature; 'he took a course in Russian lit'.

(noun.) creative writing of recognized artistic value.

(noun.) 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'.

亨廷顿编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

(n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.

(n.) The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.

(n.) The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.

凯茜录入

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Learning, erudition, letters.[2]. The humanities, the Muses, belles lettres, polite literature.[3]. Literary productions, literary works.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Lore, erudition, reading, study, learning, attainment, scholarship,literary_works

ANT:Genius, intuition, inspiration

多米尼克整理

解释:

n. the science of letters or what is written: the whole body of literary compositions in any language or on a given subject: all literary productions except those relating to positive science and art usually confined however to the belles-lettres.—adj. Lit′eratured (Shak.) learned having literary knowledge.—Light literature books which can be read and understood without mental exertion: fiction; Polite literature belles-lettres.

编辑:奥马尔