| 单词 | anecdote |
| 释义 | anecdote /an"ik doht'/, n. a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical. [1670-80; < NL anecdota or F anecdotes < LGk, Gk anékdota things unpublished (referring esp. to Procopius' unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neut. pl. of ANÉKDOTOS, equiv. to an- AN-1 + ékdotos given out, verbal adj. of ekdidónai to give out, publish (ek- EC- + didónai to give)] Syn. story, yarn, reminiscence. |
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