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IELTS BNC: 542 COCA: 233

story

1 story /ˈstori/ noun
plural stories
1 story
/ˈstori/
noun
plural stories
Learner's definition of STORY
[count] : a description of how something happened(真实的)故事;(对往事的)叙述,描述
often + about or of
◊ The phrase the story goes is used to say that you are telling a story that you heard from other people.据说;传闻说
see also horror story, sob story, success story, war story
[count]
: a description of imaginary events that is told as a form of entertainment(虚构的)故事;小说
see also ghost story, shaggy-dog story, short story
: the series of events that happen in a story(小说的)情节
[count] : something that is reported in a newspaper, on television, etc. : a news article or broadcast新闻报道
see also cover story
[count] : a description of the most important events in someone's life(关于某人的)大事记述,史话
sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
[count] : a condition or set of conditions that affects someone or something : situation情况
the story somewhat informal : basic information about someone or something事迹;基本情况
[count]
: a lie that someone tells : a false story谎言;假话
see also cock-and-bull story, fish story
: an explanation or excuse and especially one that is not true(尤指编造的)解释,借口
often + about

a likely story

see 1likely
compare 2story
2 story noun
also chiefly British storey /ˈstori/
plural stories
2 story
noun
also chiefly British storey /ˈstori/
plural stories
Learner's definition of STORY
[count]
: a group of rooms or an area that forms one floor level of a building楼层
see also multistory
compare 1story
IELTS BNC: 542 COCA: 233

story

1 of 3

noun (1)

sto·​ry ˈstȯr-ē How to pronounce story (audio)
plural stories
1
a
: an account of incidents or events
b
: a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question
c
: anecdote
especially : an amusing one
2
a
: a fictional narrative shorter than a novel
specifically : short story
b
: the intrigue or plot of a narrative or dramatic work
3
: a widely circulated rumor
4
5
6
: a news article or broadcast
7
8
storylike adjective
or story-like
storylike narratives

story

2 of 3

verb

storied; storying

transitive verb

1
: to adorn with a story or a scene from history
2
archaic : to narrate or describe in story

story

3 of 3

noun (2)

variants or less commonly storey
plural stories also storeys
1
a
: the space in a building between two adjacent floor levels or between a floor and the roof
b
: a set of rooms in such a space
c
: a unit of measure equal to the height of the story of a building
one story high
2
: a horizontal division of a building's exterior not necessarily corresponding exactly with the stories within

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English storie, from Anglo-French estoire, estorie, from Latin historia — more at history

Noun (2)

Middle English storie, from Medieval Latin historia narrative, illustration, story of a building, from Latin, history, tale; probably from narrative friezes on the window level of medieval buildings

First Known Use

Noun (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8a

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of story was in the 13th century
IELTS BNC: 542 COCA: 233
story

noun¹

1account of events/people, true or invented故事;敍述ADJECTIVE | ... OF STORIES | VERB + STORY | STORY + VERB | STORY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEtrue真實的故事plausible貌似合理的故事false, made-up虛假的/編造的故事She told the police a false story about being attacked.她向警方謊稱自己遭到襲擊。fictional, real-life虛構的/真實的故事untold未曾透露的故事published出版的故事his first published short story他出版的第一篇短篇小說apocryphal杜撰的故事cock and bull, tall (especially BrE) 荒唐的解釋;荒誕的故事No one would believe such a tall story.如此荒誕不經的故事沒有人會相信。official官方說法The official story was that the singer had broken his arm falling in the shower.官方說法是該歌手在洗澡時摔斷了胳膊。personal個人經歷wild匪夷所思的故事convincing令人信服的故事compelling, dramatic, exciting, fantastic, fascinating, good, great, interesting, intriguing, nice, touching, wonderful引人入勝的故事;激動人心的故事;有趣的故事;感人的故事amazing, bizarre, colourful/colorful, crazy, extraordinary, incredible, outrageous, remarkable, strange令人驚訝的/怪誕的/豐富多彩的/離奇的/異乎尋常的/令人難以置信的/駭人聽聞的/引人矚目的/奇怪的故事inspirational, inspiring啟發靈感的/鼓舞人心的故事amusing, entertaining, feel-good, funny好笑的/妙趣橫生的/令人愉快的/滑稽的故事epic史詩般的故事the epic story of a family's escape from war一家人從戰爭中逃亡的漫長而艱辛的歷程complex, elaborate複雜的/詳盡的故事straightforward直截了當的說法awful, horrific, horrifying, nasty, shocking, terrible, tragic可怕的故事;令人不快的故事;令人震驚的故事;悲慘的故事sorry (especially BrE) 悲慘的故事His life was a sorry story of betrayal and rejection.他一生遭遇的都是背叛和拋棄。depressing, heart-rending, moving, poignant, sad沉悶的/令人心碎的/感人的/心酸的/傷感的故事well-known盡人皆知的故事familiar常見的故事the familiar story of a star who turns to drink and drugs明星酗酒吸毒的常見故事popular廣為流傳的故事There is one popular story in the town of a man-eating cat that lives in the forest.鎮裏流傳着一個故事:森林裏住着一隻食人貓。life, success生平事跡;成功歷程She told them her life story.她給他們講述了自己的人生故事。coming-of-age, coming-out, rags-to-riches關於長大成人的/初入社交界的/從赤貧到巨富的故事The movie is the rags-to-riches story of a country girl who becomes a famous singer.這部影片講述的是一個從赤貧到巨富的故事:一名鄉村女孩成了著名歌星。hard-luck, sob (both disapproving) 倒霉的/煽情的故事He was boring people with more of his hard-luck stories.他又在用他那些不幸遭遇來煩人了。She gave me some sob story about losing her credit cards.她向我訴說了自己丟失信用卡的不幸經歷。coherent連貫的故事The movie lacks a coherent story.這部影片缺乏連貫的故事情節。entire, full, whole整個故事;完整的故事;全部真相I suspected he hadn't told us the whole story.我懷疑他沒把全部真相告訴我們。short短篇小說a collection of short stories短篇小說集original原著The screenplay sticks to the original story.該電影劇本完全忠實於原著。back (usually backstory) 背景故事The writers have to create backstories for their characters.作家必須為他們筆下的人物編寫背景故事。children's兒童故事classic經典故事bedtime(給兒童講的)睡前故事adventure, Bible, biblical, crime, detective, fairy, ghost, horror, love, spy, etc.歷險故事、《聖經》故事、罪案故事、偵探小說、童話故事、鬼故事、恐怖故事、愛情故事、間諜小說等... OF STORIEScollection故事集a collection of stories by modern writers現代作家小說集VERB + STORYhear聽故事read (sb)給(某人)唸故事My dad sometimes read me a story at bedtime.爸爸有時臨睡前給我唸故事。write寫小說narrate, recount, relate, retell, tell (sb)講述故事;敍述故事;複述故事;(給某人)講故事embellish, embroider給故事添加細節;潤色故事believe相信說法The police didn't believe her story.警察不相信她的說法。stick to堅持說法We must stick to our story about the accident.我們必須堅持關於這個事故的說法。change改變說法At first he denied everything, but then he changed his story and said it was an accident.起初他否認一切,但後來又改變說法,說這是一場意外事故。share (with sb), swap(與某人)交流故事We swapped stories about our worst teachers.我們交流了關於最差老師的故事。spread傳播故事publish發表小說STORY + VERBcirculate, go around, go round, spread故事流傳;故事傳播開來A story was going around that the factory was in line for closure.關於這家工廠要關門的說法在到處流傳。abound故事很多Stories abound of vandalism and looting.破壞和搶劫財物的故事多得很。emerge故事發生begin, open, start故事開始The story opens with a man hiding from the police.故事一開始,一個男子正躲避警察的追捕。progress, unfold故事發展/展開The motives of the hero become clearer as the story unfolds.隨着故事的展開,男主人公的動機變得越來越清晰。end故事結束be called sth, be entitled sth, be titled sth (especially NAmE) 故事叫做⋯;故事題為⋯be set in...故事以⋯為背景The story is set in India in the 1930s.故事發生在 20 世紀 30 年代的印度。be based on sth小說根據⋯寫成concern sth, involve sth, revolve around sth故事講述⋯/涉及⋯/圍繞⋯contain sth故事包含⋯illustrate sth故事說明⋯This story illustrates the dangers of living on credit.這個故事說明賒賬度日的危險。STORY + NOUNteller (usually storyteller) 講故事者telling (usually storytelling) 講故事line (usually storyline) 故事情節His novels always have the same basic storyline.他的小說總是有着相同的基本情節。PREPOSITIONaccording to a/the story根據故事情節story about關於⋯的故事a story about time travel關於時光旅行的故事story of⋯的故事the story of the Beatles甲殼蟲樂隊的故事a story of moral redemption道德救贖的故事PHRASESa fragment of a/the story, a part of a/the story故事片段We had difficulty in piecing together the fragments of her story.我們難以把她的故事片段串聯起來。the rest of the story故事的尾聲but that's another story但那是後話Many years later I returned to Africa-but that's another story (= I am not going to talk about it now).許多年後我重返非洲,不過那是後話了。(that's) a likely story (ironic) 說得跟真的似的He said he'd met Madonna. A likely story.他說他見過麥當娜,說得跟真的似的。it's a long story一言難盡;說來話長'How come you only have one shoe on?' 'It's a long story.'“你怎麼只穿了一隻鞋?”“說起來話可就長了。”sb's half of the story, sb's side of the story某人的說法The teacher punished me without listening to my side of the story.老師沒聽我辯解就懲罰了我。tell a different story根本不是這麼回事Antidepressants are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story.抗抑鬱藥被廣泛認為很有效果,可數據顯示根本不是這麼回事。the moral of the story故事的寓意The moral of this story is that you should never take things for granted.這個故事的寓意是永遠不要想當然。the story goes (that...) (used to describe what people are saying although it may not be correct) 據說(⋯)She never saw him again-or so the story goes.她再沒見過他 - 據說是這樣。the story of my life我的命運Out of work with no money-that's the story of my life.失業在家而且身無分文 - 我就是這個命。to cut a long story short, to make a long story short長話短說Anyway, to cut a long story short (= not to give all the details), we had this argument and I haven't seen him since.不管怎樣,長話短說吧,我們發生了爭執,那以後我就再也沒有見過他。a version of a story某件事的一種說法According to Rachel's version of the story, they threw the key in the river.按照雷切爾的說法,他們把鑰匙扔到河裏了。
story

noun²

2report in a newspaper, etc.新聞報道ADJECTIVE | VERB + STORY | STORY + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEbig, huge, top大新聞;頭條新聞The biggest story of the day was the signing of the peace agreement.當天最大的新聞是和平協議的簽訂。And now back to our top story tonight...現在回到我們今晚的頭條新聞⋯exclusive獨家新聞breaking (especially NAmE) 突發新聞報道We'll have more on this breaking story as developments come in to us.隨着對事態發展的瞭解,我們將會繼續報道這一突發新聞。feature (NAmE) 專題報道National Geographic ran a feature story on dinosaurs.《國家地理》雜誌刊登了一篇關於恐龍的專題報道。main主要新聞full全面報道Full story on page 3.詳盡報道見第 3 頁。scare聳人聽聞的報道scare stories about the harmful effects of the vaccination關於疫苗接種負面作用的聳人聽聞的報道inside內幕新聞The magazine gives the inside story of life in a rock band.該雜誌刊登了有關一支搖滾樂隊生活的內幕報道。sensational引起轟動的報道lurid, sordid聳人聽聞的/無恥的報道lurid stories of politicians' sexual adventures關於政客桃色事件的聳人聽聞的報道cover, front-page, lead封面故事;頭版新聞;頭條新聞The magazine chose the peace process as its cover story.這期雜誌將和平進程選作封面故事。news新聞報道political政治新聞media, newspaper, wire (especially NAmE) 媒體/報紙/有線報道VERB + STORYfile, write發送/撰寫新聞報道More than one correspondent filed a story about the incident.不止一名記者發稿報道這起事件。carry, cover, print, publish, report, run登載報道;報道新聞;刊印報道;刊發報道;刊登新聞Every newspaper carried the story.每家報紙都登載了這則報道。He's covering the story in Gaza for CNN.他正在加沙為美國有線電視新聞網作報道。follow跟踪報道新聞We will continue to follow this story and bring you the latest developments.我們將持續跟踪這一事件,為您帶來最新進展的報道。break (especially NAmE) 報道消息The New York Times broke the story and others picked it up.《紐約時報》首先報道了這一消息,後來其他報紙紛紛跟進。STORY + VERBbreak (especially NAmE) 消息傳出The story broke in January.這個消息是 1 月份傳出來的。PREPOSITIONstory about, story of關於/有關⋯的報道the story of his arrest他被捕的消息
story

noun³

3 (NAmE)  see storey

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