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

• We gave her the Nobel Prize in Literature because she is a master of the contemporary short story.
  我们把诺贝尔文学奖授予她，因为她是当代短篇小说大师。
• That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes.
  当天夜里，我写了自己第一篇短篇小说，花了我半个小时。
• Recently, I read a short story is about herat.
  最近我读了一个短的故事是有关心地善良的。
• He published a collection of short stories.
  他出了本短篇小说集。
• This text is adapted from a short story.
  这篇课文是由一个短篇小说改写的。
• He padded a short story with anecdotes.
  他用许多趣闻添凑起了一个小故事。
• You can try to write poems, a short story, or even music.
  你可以写诗，编个小故事，甚至创作音乐。
• I read a short story while I waited for the bus.
  我等车时读了一个短篇故事。
• A few weeks ago I was given the seemingly simple task of writing a short story.
  几周前，老师留给了我一个听起来挺简单的作业：写篇小说。
• The novel and short story are different genres.
  长篇小说和短篇故事是不同的类别。