story

['stɔ:ri]

n.故事, 传说, 谎言, 叙述, 新闻报道, 情节
n.楼层(=storey)
v.以历史事件为图案装饰

n.

1. 故事; 传闻; 叙述[C][(+about)]

I am interested in true stories about great scientists.

我对一些伟大的科学家的真实故事很感兴趣。

2. 传奇; 传说; 由来[C]

3. (短篇)小说[C]

4. (小说等的)情节[C][U]

5. (新闻)记事, 报导[C][(+on)]

6. 内情, 真相; 情况[the S]

He is one of the few who know the story.

他是少数几个知道全部真相的人之一。

7. 【口】假话, 谎话[C]

Don't trust that man; he tells stories.

不要相信那个家伙; 他说谎话。

vt.

1. 【古】编成故事叙述

2. 用(历史)故事画装饰

vi.

说假话[(+about)]

She storied about her nationality.

她谎报自己的国籍。

词形变化

名词复数: stories | 动词过去式: storied | 动词过去分词: storied | 动词现在分词: storying | 动词第三人称单数: stories |

词义辨析

同义:

n.故事

tale  account  chronicle  yarn  narrative  anecdote  epic  saga  

英英释义

名词 story:

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

同义词：narrative, narration, tale

a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

同义词：floor, level, storey

a record or narrative description of past events

同义词：history, account, chronicle

a short account of the news

同义词：report, news report, account, write up

a trivial lie

同义词：fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle

短语词组

another story

1. 另一回事

It was quite another story for English farmers.

对英国农民来说, 那完全是另一回事了。

as the story goes

1. 据说

As the story goes, he has been promoted twice in five years.

据说他在五年中升迁了两次。

to cut a long story short

1. 简而言之

To cut a long story short, I decided to stay.

简而言之, 我决定留下。

补充

storystory英:[ˈstɔ:ri] 美:[ˈstɔri, ˈstori]n.1.故事; 传说; 小说He likes to listen to fairy stories.他喜欢听神话故事。2.(新闻)报道; 新闻报道的题材That story has got into the newspaper.那件事已见报了。3.〈口〉谎话The teacher told him off for telling stories.老师责备他说谎。4.情节5.〈美〉楼层They live in three storys building.他们住在一幢三层楼的公寓里。

例句

1. Do you know any good ghost stories?你知道什么精彩的鬼故事么？ 2. I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits.我给你讲个四只小兔子的故事。 3. I told her the story of my life.我给她讲了我的人生经历。 4. She's rather changed her story since then about what happened.自那以后, 她对所发生的事情全然换了说法。 5. We're going to have to get our story straight or the cops will be suspicious.我们必须统一口径, 否则警察会怀疑的。 6. Those are some of the top stories in the news.这些是其中几条要闻。 7. I planned to run a story on the opening of the new arts centre.我计划播出一条关于新艺术中心开馆的报道。 8. They'll do anything for a story.他们为抢到新闻会不择手段。 9. front-page news stories头版新闻 10. What a story! I don't believe a word of it.好大的谎啊！我一个字也不信。 11. He invented some story about a cousin.他编造了自己有位堂兄如何如何的谎话。 12. I'd met him at a dance I'd gone to on my own. But that's another story.我自己去参加一个舞会时遇见了他。不过那又是另外一码事了。 13. To cut a long story short, I ended up as managing director.总而言之, 我最后成了一名常务董事。 14. Where we live, the rents are fairly cheap, but a little further north it's a different story.我们住的地方房租很便宜, 但是再往北一点情况就完全不同了。 15. This may be true but it is not the whole story.这可能是真的, 但不是事情的全部。 16. It's the same old story.又是那老一套。 17. He had already made up his mind before even hearing her side of the story.他甚至还没有听听她的说法就已经打定了主意。 18. The story goes that he was a bit of an expert on cooking.据说他在做饭上也算是个能手。 19. In the beginning, as the story goes, God created the universe.据说, 最初上帝创造了宇宙。 20. Don't story to me!别对我说谎! 21. an adventure story.一个冒险故事。 22. I'm going to tell you a story.我要给你讲一个故事。 23. the novel has a good story.这部小说的情节非常好。 24. stories in the local papers.地方报纸的新闻报道。 25. there have been lots of stories going around, as you can imagine.你可以想象，到处都流传着种种流言飞语。 26. Ellie never told stories—she had always believed in the truth.埃莉从没说过谎，她一直相信事实。 27. the story of modern farming.现代农业发展史话。 28. the film is based on a true story.那部电影是根据一个真实的事件摄制的。 29. during police interviews, Harper changed his story.在与警方谈话时，哈珀改了口。 30. having such information is useful, but it is not the whole story.有那样的信息是有用的，但它并不是全部的真实情况。 31. many children with leukaemia now survive—twenty years ago it was a very different story.现在许多得白血病的孩子都能存活，但是20年前就完全不是这回事了。 32. What's the story on this man? Is he from around here?.这名男子是怎么回事？他是这儿附近的吗？。 33. profitable businesses with solid stories.发展前景良好的有利可图的企业。 34. Men don't cry in public. End of story.男人不会在公共场合哭泣。就是这样。 35. United kept on trying but it was the same old sotry—no luck.虽然联队一直在努力，但还是老样子，运气不佳。 36. the story goes that he's fallen out with his friends.据说他跟他的朋友们闹翻了。 37. to cut a long story short, I married Stephen.长话短说，我和斯蒂芬结婚了。 38. a detective/fairy/ghost/love story侦探╱童话╱鬼怪╱爱情故事 39. The police didn't believe his story.警方不相信他的说法。 40. He's writing his life story.他在写自己的生平。 41. The plane crash was the front-page story in most newspapers.这起坠机事件成为大多数报纸的头版新闻。 42. The movie is based on a true story.这部影片是根据真实故事改编的。 43. What is the story behind (the making of) this painting?这幅画（绘作）背后有什么故事吗？ 44. That's not the whole story. [=there are more details to be told]事情远不止这样。 45. "Many years later they met again, but that's another story."许多年后他们又见面了，但那是另外一回事了。 46. "He said he wasn't at the scene of the crime, but the fingerprints tell a different story. [=the fingerprints show that he was there]"他说他没在犯罪现场，但是指纹表明并非如此。 47. “Why are you late?” “It's a long story. [=it is too complicated to explain] I'll tell you later.”“你为什么迟到？”“说来话长。我待会儿再告诉你。” 48. "(US) They were having a lot of problems. To make a long story short, she decided to leave him. = (Brit) To cut a long story short, she decided to leave him."他们之间出现了很多问题。长话短说，她决定离开他。 49. "(informal) He yelled at me, and I left. End of story. [=there is nothing more to say about it]"他朝我大吼大叫，我就离开了。就是这样。 50. We're still waiting to hear the full story [=all of the details] of what happened.我们还在等着听事情发生的全过程。 51. She's told us the story of the great snowstorm of 1977 many times.她已经给我们讲了好多遍1977年暴风雪的事。 52. He told all sorts of stories [=anecdotes] about his childhood.他讲了各种童年趣事。 53. Tell them the story about that time you got stuck in the elevator.把那次你被困在电梯里的事告诉他们吧。 54. "The story goes [=people say] that after he died, he haunted the house."传说他死后，鬼魂出没于这座房子。 55. The story goes like this: He was walking through the woods when he spotted a huge bear.据说当他穿过树林时看到一只大熊。 56. She was very depressed or so the story goes. [=or so people say]她很沮丧，至少传闻是这么说的。 57. Don't be scared. It's only a story.别害怕。这只是个虚构的故事。 58. The story (of the book) is about growing up in Harlem during the 1920s.这（本书）讲的是一个20世纪20年代在哈莱姆区的成长故事。 59. The movie is a story of three single women looking for true love.这部电影讲述的是三位单身女性寻找真爱的故事。 60. a horror/detective story恐怖/侦探小说 61. She read the child a bedtime story. [=a story that you read or tell a child at bedtime]她给孩子读睡前故事。 62. The story [=plot] is the same in all her books/movies/plays.她所有的书/电影/戏剧情节都一个样。 63. a news story [=report]新闻报道 64. The lead story in the news today is about the earthquake.地震是今天的头条新闻。 65. His death was one of the biggest stories of the year.他的离世是年度重大新闻之一。 66. The story about the fire made the front page of the newspaper. = The front-page story was about the fire.这场火灾是报纸的头版新闻。 67. The magazine ran a story [=printed an article] about the scandal.这本杂志刊登了有关这一丑闻的报道。 68. the Princess Diana story = the story of Princess Diana戴安娜王妃纪事 69. The biography is a story of courage.这本传记是一部勇气史。 70. She told her life story to him. [=she told him about the things that had happened in her life]她向他讲述了自己的人生经历。 71. Having bad luck with men is the story of my life. [=I have often had bad luck with men]跟男人交往总是不顺利，我就是这个命。 72. Gaining and losing weight is the story of her life.增肥减肥，这就是她的人生。 73. "We lost power, and it's the same story throughout the city. [=people throughout the city also lost power]"我们这里断电了，整座城市也都是漆黑一片。 74. Living on your own is a whole different story [=matter] from living with your parents.独立生活与和父母住在一起完全是两码事。 75. "She got good grades in math, but English was another story. [=she did not do well in English]"她数学成绩好，但英语则完全不同。 76. "The restaurant has great desserts, but that's only/just half the story. [=part of the story] It also has wonderful entertainment."这家餐厅的甜品很不错，不仅如此，它的娱乐项目也相当精彩。 77. It's the same old story [=things have not changed] with her—she just can't or won't keep a job.她老是这样——无法保住一份工作。 78. I'm still trying to find out the story [=the reason] behind this new policy.我仍在努力搞清楚这项新政背后的故事。 79. What's the story [=the deal] with that guy? [=what can you tell me about that guy?]那个人的基本情况怎么样？ 80. You shouldn't tell stories.你不该说谎。 81. The police don't believe his story.警方不相信他的说法。 82. She made up some story about getting stuck in traffic.她借口说路上堵车。 83. She lives/works on the second floor of a five-story building. [=a building that has five stories/floors]她在一座五层楼的二楼居住/工作。 84. The building is 20 stories high.这栋楼有20层。