英语释义

1. an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot

2. a short written story usually dealing with few characters a short work of fiction

英汉例句

• short stories from australasia. my book appeared in front of my eyes.

  我的《澳大利亚短篇小说集》出现在我眼前。

• they are being released now, in three parts, to mark the first issue of darker matter, the online magazine that brings you the best new sf short stories from around the world.

  现在为了《暗物质》杂志的第一期发行，它们将被分为三个部分公布。 《暗物质》在线杂志为您带来全世界最优秀的科幻短篇小说新作。

• the songs unfold like short stories or, frequently, small poems, which makes sense given the author’s background.

  鑒于作者的背景，以短篇小说或者屡次以短诗展现出来的歌曲显得合情合理。

• she spends her free time going to the local library and writing short stories — some of which she passes off as autobiographical — on zeke’s computer.

  她利用自己的空閑时间去当地的图书馆还用齐克的电脑写短篇故事，其中有些她还当做自传来写。

• the subjects each read different short stories by ernest hemingway on all four platforms, and were measured for their reading speeds and story comprehension.

  每个人分别在四个平台上阅读海明威各种短篇小说，然后测量它们的阅读速度和故事理解度。

• sure, you can go from reading plays to novels to short stories to poetry to non-fiction.

  当然，你可以从阅读戏剧开始，再读小说，再读短篇故事，然后读诗，最后读非小说类文学作品。

• back then, i had an affinity for writing short stories where animals could talk, and most of them died in every story, much like kenny in southpark .

  在我的短篇故事里，动物们能交谈，会死亡，就像《南方公园》里的肯尼一样。我一直都喜欢写作。

• the theme of the natural world is a unifying one for his writing, which spans some 50 novels, essays and short stories - although much of it is unavailable in print in the uk today.

  自然世界在他作品里成为一个一统的主题，涵盖约50部小说、散文和短篇故事，但是大部分目前都还未在英国出版过。

• research into the tastes of mainstream newspaper readers has long shown that people like short stories and news that is relevant to them: local reporting, sports, entertainment, weather and traffic.

  对读者阅读口味的研究早就指出，人们喜欢与他们生活相关的短故事和新闻：地方消息，体育，娱乐，天气和交通。

• add a funny line or two to memos and work your way up to sharing short stories over the cubicle wall.

  给自己的备忘录里加一两句玩笑话，慢慢地尝试在四面墻的小房间里练习与人分享小故事。

• several more short stories followed, in which chestnutt drew on his knowledge of eastern north carolina to illustrate both the hardships and the idiosyncrasies of the postbellum south.

  切斯纳特利用他对东部北卡罗来纳州的了解而展现战后南部的艰辛和特点的短篇小说被刊登。

• a collection of 13 short stories set in small-town maine that packs a cumulative emotional wallop, bound together by polished prose and by olive, the title character, blunt, flawed and fascinating.

  书中包括13个以缅因州小镇为背景的小故事，以精致的散文陈述的一连串累积的感情沖击，被文章标题的主人公—率直，有瑕疵又迷人的奥利芙一一叙述。

相似词

narrative叙事的，叙述的；叙事体的

novelette中篇小说

novella(Novella)人名；(西)诺韦利亚；(意、俄、法)诺韦拉

story故事；小说；描述；新闻报道；来历；假话；层；一种测量单位（1 story 等于 3.3 米）

tale(Tale)人名；(塞)塔莱

yarn纱线；奇谈，故事