Saga



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 英勇故事, 长篇小说
• ［英］ n. 英勇故事, 长篇小说 ( any long story of adventure or heroic deeds)
• ［记］ 注意不要和sage ( 智慧的) 相混
• ［例］ The author wrote a fivevolume saga about a powerful family.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Old Norse — more at saw
• Date: 1709
• 1. a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
• 2. a modern heroic narrative resembling the Icelandic saga
• 3. a long detailed account <a saga of the Old South>

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