stories
故事,故事简介,故事内容
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Definitions
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plural sto·ries.
- : a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- : a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
- : such narratives or tales as a branch of literature: song and story.
- : the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc.: The characterizations were good, but the story was weak.
- : a narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated, as an anecdote, joke, etc.
- : a narration of the events in the life of a person or the existence of a thing, or such events as a subject for narration: the story of medicine; the story of his life.
- : a report or account of a matter; statement or allegation: The story goes that he rejected the offer.
- : news story.
- : a lie or fabrication: What he said about himself turned out to be a story.
- : Obsolete. history.
Phrases
- story of my life, the
- cock and bull story
- cover story
- fish story
- hard-luck story
- make a long story short
- old story
- same old story
- shaggy dog story
- sob story
- upper story
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
All of my stories are about people trying hard not to grow up.
Throughout all the stories of loss and pain with the Chief, there was barely a trace of emotion.
The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
These evidences of an impulse to look on correction as a quite proper thing are corroborated by stories of self-punishment.
But all you can think of are the horror stories about the worn out genes of Earth.
This tendency to take art-representations for realities reappears even in the mental attitude of a child towards his stories.
I have made a small collection of early stories, and some of them are interesting enough to be quoted.