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

• I read a short story while I waited for the bus.
  我等车时读了一个短篇故事。
• Now you try a short story using your friends as the characters!
  现在你可以试着写一个短故事，以你的朋友作为故事的主角。
• 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。
• This text is adapted from a short story.
  这篇课文是由一个短篇小说改写的。
• 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。
• 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。
• His speech started with a funny short story.
  他的演说以一个滑稽的小故事开头。
• 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
• 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。
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer.
  纳萨尼尔。霍桑，美国小说家和短篇故事作家。