serial publication

1. It was true the serial was twenty-one thousand words, and they offered to pay him sixteen dollars on publication, which was something like seventy-five cents a thousand words;
   不错，那篇东西有二万一千字，而他们只答应在发表后给他十六块钱，差未几只有七毛五分钱一千字；
2. A serial is a publication issued in successive parts and intended to be continued indefinitely. a batsman peppering the field with shots
   连续分期，并拟无限期地继续发行的出版物，称为连续出版物。击球手把球连续不断地击向场地
3. Other writers would complete entire novels before serial publication commenced, but Dickens often wrote his in parts, in the order they were meant to appear.
   其他的很多作家在连载发表之前会完成整个小说，但是狄更斯经常会在出版公司的要约下先写一部分。
4. A serial is a publication issued in successive parts and intended to be continued indefinitely.
   连续分期，并拟无限期地继续发行的出版物，称为连续出版物。

noun

1. a periodical that appears at scheduled times

   Synonym:    seriesserial