genre

名词 genre:

1. a kind of literary or artistic work
2. a style of expressing yourself in writing
   同义词：writing style, literary genre
3. an expressive style of music
   同义词：music genre, musical genre, musical style
4. a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

1. Spanish painter of genre scenes, portraits, and religious subjects, such as Immaculate Conception(1668).
   牟利罗，巴托洛米奥·埃斯特巴1617－1682西班牙风俗、肖像和宗教题材的画家，比如圣灵怀胎1668
2. The literary genre represented by novels.
   以小说表出现的文学类型

gen.re

n.（名词）
A type or class:
类型，种类：
例句：
.Emaciated famine victims . . . on television focused a new genre of attention on the continent.(Helen Kitchen)
.很憔悴的饥荒受害者…在电视上引起了对这个大陆的一种新型的注意.(海伦·基钦)

A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content:
体裁，样式：以鲜明的风格、形式或内容为标志的艺术作品的一个流派，如在音乐或文学中：
例句：
.his six String Quartets . . . the most important works in the genre since Beethoven`s.(Time)
.他的六部弦乐四重奏…是该流派自贝多芬以来最重要的作品.(时代)

A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life.
风俗画：一种从日常生活中描绘场景的现实主义风格的画

来源：
French
法语
from Old French [kind]
源自 古法语 [种类]
from Latin genus gener- * see gen…-
源自 拉丁语 genus gener- *参见 gen…-