| 单词 | story |
| 释义 | story story1 —storyless, adj. /stawr"ee, stohr"ee/, n. , pl. stories, v. , storied, storying. n. 1. a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale. 2. a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel. 3. such narratives or tales as a branch of literature: song and story. 4. the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc.: The characterizations were good, but the story was weak. 5. a narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated, as an anecdote, joke, etc. 6. a narration of the events in the life of a person or the existence of a thing, or such events as a subject for narration: the story of medicine; the story of his life. 7. a report or account of a matter; statement or allegation: The story goes that he rejected the offer. 8. See news story. 9. a lie or fabrication: What he said about himself turned out to be a story. 10. Obs. history. v.t. 11. to ornament with pictured scenes, as from history or legend. 12. Obs. to tell the history or story of. [1175-1225; ME storie < AF estorie < L historia HISTORY] Syn. 1. legend, fable, romance; anecdote, record, history, chronicle. 5. recital. 7. description. story2 /stawr"ee, stohr"ee/, n. , pl. stories. 1. a complete horizontal section of a building, having one continuous or practically continuous floor. 2. the set of rooms on the same floor or level of a building. 3. any major horizontal architectural division, as of a façade or the wall of a nave. 4. a layer. Also, esp. Brit., storey. [1350-1400; ME storie < AL historia picture decorating a building, a part of the building so decorated, hence floor, story < L historia HISTORY] |
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