n.

1. （總稱）小說[U]
   Hemingway and Steinbeck were masters of fiction.

   海明威和斯坦貝克是小說大師。

2. 虛構，捏造，想像[U]
   That is no fact but fiction.

   那不是事實，是虛構出來的。

3. 虛構的事；謊言[C][U]

n.

1. prose literature, especially novels, describing imaginary events and people.
2. a thing that is invented or untrue.
   ▸a false belief or statement, accepted as true because it is expedient to do so.

[名]

1. ①虛構。
2. ②小說。