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

• 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 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。
• Tom has written a play and ( has written) a short story.
  汤姆写了一个剧本和一篇短篇小说。
• He padded a short story with anecdotes.
  他用许多趣闻添凑起了一个小故事。
• 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。
• Write a poem, short story, or any other creative piece.
  写一首诗，一个短篇小说，或任何有个性的文章。
• Every morning I will read aloud three short story, and keeps a diary in English.
  每天早上我将会大声朗读三篇短篇故事，并用英语记日记。
• 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。
• This text is adapted from a short story.
  这篇课文是由一个短篇小说改写的。
• 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。