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

• 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。
• He published a collection of short stories.
  他出了本短篇小说集。
• He expanded his short story into a book.
  他把他的短篇小说扩充成一本书。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is famous as a short story writer.
  他是著名的短篇小说家。
• The novel and short story are different genres.
  长篇小说和短篇故事是不同的类别。
• 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。
• His speech started with a funny short story.
  他的演说以一个滑稽的小故事开头。