| 单词 | story |
| 释义 | story (once / 21 pages) 1n 2n If your little brother begs you to tell him a story, he wants to hear a short, entertaining tale. A narrative about people and events, usually including an interesting plot, is a story. A story can be fictional or true, and it can be written, read aloud, or made up on the spot. Journalists write stories for newspapers, and gossips spread stories that may or may not be true. A story can be historical; the root of story, the Latin word historia, means both "history" and "story." WORD FAMILYstory: multistory, stories USAGE EXAMPLESThe story is similar for the state-owned sector as a whole. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) This was more a story of resilience, of surviving a nightmarish third quarter and finding some kind of resolve in the closing minutes. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) “Most people think that illness is related to the organism. That’s only one part of the story,” Powers says. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a record or narrative description of past events the story of exposure to lead Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper account, chronicle, history Parallel Lives a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch; used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays ancient history a history of the ancient world etymologya history of a word case historydetailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment historical document, historical paper, historical recordwriting having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.) annals, chronological recorda chronological account of events in successive years biography, life, life history, life storyan account of the series of events making up a person's life recitala detailed account or description of something folk etymologya popular but erroneous etymology family historypart of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases anamnesis, medical history, medical recordthe case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient autobiographya biography of yourself hagiographya biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) profilebiographical sketch record anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events 2n a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events he writes stories for the magazines Exp|Hypo|Hyper Pilgrim's Progress an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678 adventure story, heroic tale a story of an adventure mystery, mystery story, whodunita story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie love story, romancea story dealing with love fable, legenda story about mythical or supernatural beings or events short storya prose narrative shorter than a novel allegory, apologue, fable, parablea short moral story (often with animal characters) mytha traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people parable(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message plotthe story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. thrillera suspenseful adventure story or play or movie sagaa 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 detective storya narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution murder mysterya narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered Arthurian legendthe legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelot Aesop's fablesa collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop Gotterdammerung, Ragnarok, Twilight of the Godsmyth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil actionthe series of events that form a plot plot line, storylinethe plot of a book or play or film fiction a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact 3n a trivial lie how can I stop my child from telling stories? Syn|Hypo|Hyper fib, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse lie, prevarication a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth 4n a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper narration, narrative, tale Canterbury Tales an uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucer Arabian Nights' Entertainmenta collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century tearjerker an excessively sentimental narrative tall talean improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story folk tale, folktalea tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk sob story, sob stuffa sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy fairy story, fairy tale, fairytalea story about fairies; told to amuse children nursery rhymea tale in rhymed verse for children content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about 5n a short account of the news 2the story was on the 11 o'clock news Syn|Hypo|Hyper account, news report, report, write up newsletter, newssheet report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group bulletina brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) communique, despatch, dispatchan official report (usually sent in haste) urban legenda story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true exclusive, scoopa news report that is reported first by one news organization market lettera newsletter written by an analyst of the stock market and sold to subscribers flash, news bulletin, newsbreak, newsflasha short news announcement concerning some on-going news story information bulletina bulletin containing the latest information news information reported in a newspaper or news magazine n a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale Syn|Hypo|Hyper floor, level, storey basement, cellar the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage first floor, ground floor, ground levelthe floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building attic, garret, loftfloor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage loftfloor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space entresol, mezzanine, mezzanine floorintermediate floor just above the ground floor artist's lofta factory loft that has been converted into an artist's workroom and living area cellaragea storage area in a cellar cocklofta small loft or garret hayloft, haymow, mowa loft in a barn where hay is stored construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts |
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