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。
• He could hardly believe that he had was to have a short story published in a reputable magazine.
  他简直不能相信他终于获得了成功他的一篇短篇小说将在一本有名的杂志上登出来。
• The novel and short story are different genres.
  长篇小说和短篇故事是不同的类别。
• 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。
• This text is adapted from a short story.
  这篇课文是由一个短篇小说改写的。
• That reminded me of a short story by Lu Xun.
  这使我想起鲁迅写的一个短篇小说。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。