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

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。

noun

Oh. w eren't you gonna write a short story?
哦，那你要写一个短篇小说了？
After you read the short story once or twice, you do not understand it.
当您读了一篇短故事一次两次以后，您不是很了解。
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。
That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes.
当天夜里，我写了自己第一篇短篇小说，花了我半个小时。
His speech started with a funny short story.
他的演说以一个滑稽的小故事开头。
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。
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。
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。
a short story in which he transposes the roles of poets and screenwriters.
他将诗人与编剧作了角色换位的短篇小说
You can try to write poems, a short story, or even music.
你可以写诗，编个小故事，甚至创作音乐。