1770, "particular style of art," a French word in English (nativized from c. 1840), from French genre "kind, sort, style" (see gender (n.)). Used especially in French for "independent style." In painting, as an adjective, "depicting scenes of ordinary life" (a domestic interior or village scene, as compared to landscape, historical, etc.) from 1849.
中文解释
1. genus => gender, genre.2. gender <===> genre.
实用例句
1. She emerges as a full, three-dimensional character in a way that few horror genre heroines ever do.
她作为一个丰满而又鲜活的人物形象展现在读者面前，之前的恐怖体裁作品中，很少有女主人公给人这种感觉。
来自柯林斯例句
2. My favorite music genre is blues.
我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
来自辞典例句
3. Superficially, this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.
从表面上看, 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型.
来自辞典例句
4. A compact sitting - room of the same genre was outside.
外面是间具有同样格调的小小的起居室.
来自辞典例句
5. Certainly it inspired New England's best writer in the genre, Jellett.