short story

英 [ˌʃɔːt ˈstɔːri]

美 [ˌʃɔːrt ˈstɔːri]

n.  短篇小说

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牛津词典

noun

• 短篇小说
  a story, usually about imaginary characters and events, that is short enough to be read from beginning to end without stopping

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 短篇小说
  Ashort storyis a written story about imaginary events that is only a few pages long.
  1. He published a collection of short stories.
     他出了本短篇小说集。

英英释义

noun

• a prose narrative shorter than a novel

双语例句

• The novel is an expansion of a short story he wrote about forty years ago.
  这部小说是由一篇大约四十年前他写的短篇小说扩展而成。
• It's not exactly a novel, more an extended short story.
  这不完全是部长篇小说，更像是一部加长了的短篇小说。
• He padded a short story with anecdotes.
  他用许多趣闻添凑起了一个小故事。
• a short story in which he transposes the roles of poets and screenwriters.
  他将诗人与编剧作了角色换位的短篇小说
• His speech started with a funny short story.
  他的演说以一个滑稽的小故事开头。
• The magazine published a short story written by a high school student.
  这家杂志刊登了一个中学生所写的短篇小说。
• He is famous as a short story writer.
  他是著名的短篇小说家。
• The novel and short story are different genres.
  长篇小说和短篇故事是不同的类别。
• This article proposes the writer's own views on Doris Lessing's short story "The old woman and the Cat" and analyzes its writing style.
  本文就多丽丝•莱辛的短篇小说《老妇与猫》提出了自己的见解，如笔调的冷静和客观、文本中的女性抗争和三位一体等进行了必要和深度的分析。
• That reminded me of a short story by Lu Xun.
  这使我想起鲁迅写的一个短篇小说。