a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their sound and the images they suggest, not just for their obvious meanings. The words are arranged in separate lines, usually with a repeated rhythm, and often the lines rhyme at the end. 诗;韵文 His collected poems were published after the war. 他的诗集在战后出版。 a prose/an epic poem 散文/史诗
Collocations LiteratureLiterature 文学 Being a writer 当作家 - write/publish literature/poetry/fiction/a book/a story/a poem/a novel/a review/an autobiography
写/发表文学作品/诗集/小说/书/故事/诗歌/长篇小说/评论/自传 - become a writer/novelist/playwright
成为作家/小说家/剧作家 - find/have a publisher/an agent
找到/有出版商/代理人 - have a new book out
出版一部新书 - edit/revise/proofread a book/text/manuscript
编辑/修订/校对书/文章/原稿 - dedicate a book/poem to…
把一本书/一首诗献给…
Plot, character and atmosphere 情节、人物和氛围 - construct/create/weave/weave something into a complex narrative
构思/创作/编写/把某事编成一部复杂的叙事小说 - advance/drive the plot
推进故事情节的发展 - introduce/present the protagonist/a character
介绍主人公/一个人物 - describe/depict/portray a character (as…)/(somebody as) a hero/villain
描述人物/英雄/坏蛋;把一个人物描绘成…;把某人描绘成英雄/坏蛋 - create an exciting/a tense atmosphere
营造一种令人兴奋/紧张的气氛 - build/heighten the suspense/tension
制造/增加悬念/紧张气氛 - evoke/capture the pathos of the situation
唤起对这种状况的同情 - convey emotion/an idea/an impression/a sense of…
传达…情感/思想;给人…印象/感觉 - engage the reader
吸引读者 - seize/capture/grip the (reader’s) imagination
抓住(读者的)想象力 - arouse/elicit emotion/sympathy (in the reader)
唤起(读者的)情感/同情 - lack imagination/emotion/structure/rhythm
缺乏想象力/情感/精心组织/节奏感
Language, style and imagery 语言、风格和形象语言 - use/employ language/imagery/humour/(US English) humor/an image/a symbol/a metaphor/a device
使用语言/形象语言/幽默/意象/象征/暗喻/手段 - use/adopt/develop a style/technique
使用/采用/形成一种风格/技巧 - be rich in/be full of symbolism
富含象征意义 - evoke images of…/a sense of…/a feeling of…
唤起…的形象/感觉 - create/achieve an effect
创造/取得效果 - maintain/lighten the tone
维持/缓和基调 - introduce/develop an idea/a theme
引入/发展一种思想/一个主题 - inspire a novel/a poet/somebody’s work/somebody’s imagination
促成小说的创作;给诗人以灵感;促成某人作品的诞生;激发某人的想象力
Reading and criticism 阅读与评论 - read an author/somebody’s work/fiction/poetry/a text/a poem/a novel/a chapter/a passage
读一个作家的作品/某人的著作/小说/诗集/一篇文章/一首诗/一部小说/一个章节/一段文章 - review a book/a novel/somebody’s work
评论一本书/一部小说/某人的作品 - give something/get/have/receive a good/bad review
给予/得到好评/恶评 - be hailed (as)/be recognized as a masterpiece
被誉为一部杰作 - quote a(n) phrase/line/stanza/passage/author
引用一个短语/一行诗/一节诗/一段文章/作者的话 - provoke/spark discussion/criticism
引发讨论/评论 - study/interpret/understand a text/passage
研读/解读/理解一篇文章/一段文章 - translate somebody’s work/a text/a passage/a novel/a poem
翻译某人的作品/一篇文章/一段文章/一部小说/一首诗
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb1He dedicated the poem to his mother. 他把这首诗献给了母亲。 In his autobiographical poem ‘The Prelude’, Wordsworth describes his boyhood in the Lakes. 在他的自传体诗《序曲》中,华兹华斯描述了自己在英格兰北部湖区的童年生活。 She read the poem aloud. 她朗诵了这首诗。 a poem about cultural differences 关于文化差异的诗 a sentimental love poem 伤感的爱情诗
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beautiful
- fine
- good
- …
- anthology
- collection
- compose
- write
- read
- …
- be addressed to somebody
- in a/the poem
- poem about
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French poème or Latin poema, from Greek poēma, early variant of poiēma ‘fiction, poem’, from poiein ‘create’.