novel/novelist

novel /ˈnɔvəl/ I. n. ［c］ (长篇)小说：the novels of Dickens 狄更斯的小说 ‖II. adj. 新颖的，新奇的：think up novel ideas to sell products 想新点子推销产品 Flying gives people a novel sensation. 飞行给人以新奇的感觉。

 novelist /ˈnɔvəlist/ n. [c] 小说家：one of the country’s leading contemporary novelists该国最重要的当代小说家之一；his ambition to become a best-selling novelist他要成为畅销小说家的志向 A prolific novelist, she wrote more than forty books.她是一个多产的小说家，写了四十多部小说。