1.(文学、绘画、音乐、电影等艺术作品的)体裁,类型
Agenre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
e.g. ...his love of films and novels in the horrorgenre.
他对恐怖电影和恐怖小说的热衷
1. 门类:小说类还可进一步分为很多门类(genre). 小说(novel)是小说类书籍里最常见的形式,通常包括情节(plot)、背景(setting)、主题(theme)与人物(characters). 在非小说类中,提供各种信息(information)的类别叫参考书(reference book).