1.【文学】(work)(长篇)小说(作品)
a novel by Herman Hesse赫尔曼•赫西写的小说
as glamorous and exotic as a character in a romantic novel像浪漫小说里的人物一样富有魅力和异国情调
historical novels set in the time of the Pharaohs以法老时期为背景的历史小说
2.the novel【文学】(genre)小说(文学作品类型)
Professor Laird's book on the 19th-century novel莱尔德教授写的关于19世纪小说的书
3.【文学】(shorter work)短篇小说
4.【律-罗马法】(new decree or amendment)(罗马律法的)新律令, 新附律, 新法