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。
• Bradbury began writing at a young age, and in1941 he sold his first science fiction short story.
  布雷德伯里开始写在年轻时，并于1941年，他卖掉了他的第一科幻短篇小说。
• This text is adapted from a short story.
  这篇课文是由一个短篇小说改写的。
• 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。
• He published a collection of short stories.
  他出了本短篇小说集。
• 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。
• 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。
• He expanded his short story into a book.
  他把他的短篇小说扩充成一本书。