novelette

[US]/nɒvə'let/
[UK]/ˌnɑvə'lɛt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 中篇(或短篇)小说
Word Forms

Example Sentences

Vagarious Narrative of a Painful History——Comment on the novelette "Memory of the Stomach"

对苦难历史的奇特叙述——评中篇小说《肚子的记忆》

Novelette coat is literary classic of Gogol, standing for his typical style.

中篇小说《外套》是果戈理的名篇,更典型地代表了作者独特的创作风格。

She wrote a captivating novelette.

她写了一篇引人入胜的短篇小说。

He enjoys reading romantic novelettes.

他喜欢阅读浪漫短篇小说。

The author published a series of novelettes.

这位作者出版了一系列短篇小说。

I prefer reading novelettes over lengthy novels.

我更喜欢读短篇小说而不是长篇小说。

She is working on a mystery novelette.

她正在写一部悬疑短篇小说。

The novelette explores themes of love and loss.

这部短篇小说探讨了爱情和失落的主题。

He won an award for his science fiction novelette.

他因他的科幻短篇小说而获奖。

The novelette was adapted into a successful film.

这部短篇小说被改编成了一部成功的电影。

Readers praised the novelette for its engaging plot.

读者们赞扬这部短篇小说的引人入胜的情节。

The novelette is set in a dystopian future.

这部短篇小说设定在一个反乌托邦的未来。

Real-world Examples

Among the rest he found a novelette in one volume, THE COURT OF KELLYON CASTLE.

在其余的作品中, 他发现了一本合集的中篇小说, 《凯利恩城堡的庭院》。

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

The longer spelling – l-e-t-t-e – only forms a diminutive in a few English words, like novelette, a short novel.

较长的拼写 l-e-t-t-e 只在一些英语单词中构成小量化词,如novelette,中篇小说。

Source: Advanced Daily Grammar

Speaking of ekphrasis, Max Porter brings us The Death of Francis Bacon (Faber, January), a luminous novelette composed of seven pictures described in prose that seeks to elide the boundary between literature and visual art.

Max Porter 为我们带来了《弗朗西斯·培根之死》(Faber, 1 月刊), 这是一部精彩的中篇小说, 由七幅散文描述的图片组成, 旨在消除文学与视觉艺术之间的界限。

Source: Selected English short passages

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