| 单词 | saga |
| 释义 | saga (once / 1406 pages) n When your friend tells you every detail of how she tripped over a rock, broke her ankle, and then got into a car accident on the way to the hospital, she is sharing a long, involved story known as a saga. The word saga has its origins in the Middle Ages. In those days, a saga was an historical tale of the first families who lived in Norway or Iceland. Today the word is used to describe a very complicated or detailed series of events. A saga is the kind of long, drawn-out story that can cause the people who hear it to roll their eyes in boredom. WORD FAMILYsaga: sagas USAGE EXAMPLESStar Wars: The Force Awakens was a juggernaut that satisfied both diehard fans and casual observers of the saga. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Surely that would be it for the saga of So Help Me God/Swish/Waves/The Life of Pablo? The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Fisher was also expected to play a key role in the ninth instalment of the sci-fi saga, due for release in 2019. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) n a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account Hyper adventure story, heroic tale a story of an adventure |
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