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story 音标拼音: [st'ɔri] n. 故事,小说,传奇,描述,阅历,经历,真相,报道,层 故事,小说,传奇,描述,阅历,经历,真相,报道,层 story n 1: 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; " his narrative was interesting"; " Disney' s stories entertain adults as well as children" [ synonym: { narrative}, { narration}, { story}, { tale}] 2: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; " he writes stories for the magazines" 3: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; " what level is the office on?" [ synonym: { floor}, { level}, { storey}, { story}] 4: a record or narrative description of past events; " a history of France"; " he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; " the story of exposure to lead" [ synonym: { history}, { account}, { chronicle}, { story}] 5: a short account of the news; " the report of his speech"; " the story was on the 11 o' clock news"; " the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" [ synonym: { report}, { news report}, { story}, { account}, { write up}] 6: a trivial lie; " he told a fib about eating his spinach"; " how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [ synonym: { fib}, { story}, { tale}, { tarradiddle}, { taradiddle}] Story \ Sto" ry\, n.; pl. { Stories}. [ OF. estor[' e], estor[' e] e, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See { Store}, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building' s exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within. [ Written also { storey}.] [ 1913 Webster] Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. [ 1913 Webster] { Story post} ( Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall. [ 1913 Webster]
Story \ Sto" ry\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Storied}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Storying}.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. [ 1913 Webster] How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. -- Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster]
Story \ Sto" ry\, n. [ OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See { History}.] 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. [ 1913 Webster] One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. -- Barrow. [ 1913 Webster] Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. -- Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster] The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. -- Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A euphemism or child' s word for " a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 252 Moby Thesaurus words for " story": Clio, Muse of history, account, action, adventures, alibi, allegation, allegory, anagnorisis, anecdotage, anecdote, angle, annals, architectonics, architecture, argument, article, assertion, atmosphere, autobiography, back- fence gossip, background, band, beat, bed, bedding, belly laugh, belt, biographical sketch, biography, blague, blue story, book, budget of news, case history, catastrophe, characterization, chitchat, chronicle, chronicles, chronology, clerestory, cock- and- bull story, color, complication, confabulation, confessions, contention, continuity, contrivance, copy, couche, course, curriculum vitae, deck, denouement, description, design, detective story, development, device, diary, dirty joke, dirty story, dispatch, double entendre, entresol, epic, episode, epos, ethnic joke, exaggeration, exclusive, excuse, experiences, fable, fabliau, fabrication, facts, fairy, fairy tale, falling action, falsehood, falsity, farfetched story, farrago, feature, fib, fiction, first floor, fish story, flam, flat, flimflam, floor, folktale, fortunes, fun, funny story, gag, gallery, gest, ghost story, gimmick, good one, good story, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, ground floor, groundless rumor, hagiography, hagiology, half- truth, historiography, history, howler, idle talk, incident, information, item, jape, jest, jestbook, joke, journal, laugh, layer, ledge, legal fiction, legend, level, lie, life, life and letters, life story, line, little white lie, local color, martyrology, measures, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, mendacity, mezzanine, mezzanine floor, mood, motif, movement, mystery, myth, mythos, narration, narrative, necrology, news, news item, newsmongering, obituary, overlayer, overstory, panic, parable, peripeteia, photobiography, piece, piece of gossip, pious fiction, plan, play, plot, point, prevarication, profile, recital, recognition, record, recounting, release, report, representation, resume, rez- de- chaussee, rib tickler, riot, rising action, romance, saga, scenario, scheme, scoop, scream, seam, secondary plot, shelf, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, slant, slight stretching, sport, spot news, stage, statement, step, stratum, street floor, structure, subject, subplot, substratum, summary, superstratum, switch, tale, talebearing, taletelling, talk, tall story, tall tale, taradiddle, tattle, testimony, thematic development, theme, theory of history, thickness, thriller, tidings, tier, tittle- tattle, tone, topic, topsoil, trumped- up story, twist, underlayer, understory, understratum, untruth, version, visual joke, wheeze, white lie, whodunit, wow, yarn, zone |
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