WordNet 英英词典
literature
literatures
Noun
1.creative writing of recognized artistic value
(hypernym) writing,written material,piece of writing
(hyponym) Sanskrit literature
(class) carved,carven
2.the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit"
(synonym) lit
(hypernym) literary study
3.published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"
(hypernym) writing,written material,piece of writing
4.the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"
(hypernym) profession