literary
adjective /ˈlɪtərəri/
/ˈlɪtəreri/
- [only before noun] connected with literature
文学的;文学上的 - literary criticism/theory
文学批评/理论
- literary criticism/theory
- [usually before noun] (of a language or style of writing
) suitable for or typical of a work of literature语言或写作文体 适于文学作品的;有典型文学作品特征的 - It was Chaucer who really turned English into a literary language.
是乔叟使英语真正变成了文学语言。 - She was one of the great literary figures of her age.
她是那个时代一位了不起的文学家。
- It was Chaucer who really turned English into a literary language.
- [usually before noun] liking literature very much; studying or writing literature
爱好文学的;从事文学研究(或写作)的 - a literary man
文人
- a literary man
词源mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to the letters of the alphabet’): from Latin litterarius, from littera ‘letter of the alphabet’, (plural) ‘epistle, literature, culture’.