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单词 genre
释义 genre
\ˈzhä(ⁿ)]nrə, ](ə)r, ]ŋrə, ]ŋə(r), ]n, ]ŋ\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French, from Old French genre, gendre — more at gender
1. : kind, sort, style, species, category
 < a singer of quite a different genre — Thomas Heinitz >
 < infantrymen without bluster, tall and imperturbable, they share one military genre — A.J.Liebling >
 < large flappy rag dolls, a genre favored by two-year-olds — New Yorker >
2. : a category of artistic composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content
 < a fine introduction to twelve-tone music for those who have had little experience with the genre — Arthur Berger >
as
 a. : paintings that depict scenes or events from everyday life usually realistically
  < painters of genre who … paint informal subjects, typical situations in the everyday world — Dorothy Adlow >
 also : the school or style of painting featured by the use of such subject matter
  < examples in which romanticism begins to blend with pure genre — R.M.Coates >
 b. : a distinctive type or category of literary composition
  < such unpromising genres as Indian treaties, Colonial promotional tracts, and theological works — New Yorker >
  < an essay in that difficult genre, contemporary history — F.C.Barghoorn >
  < the noblest of genres, the epic — George Sherburn >
Synonyms: see class
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