history

名词 history:

1. the aggregate of past events
2. the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
3. a record or narrative description of past events
   同义词：account, chronicle, story
4. the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
5. all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge

1. He specializes in oriental history.
   他专门研究东方史。
2. In the library, the books on history are all kept in one bay.
   在图书馆里，历史方面的书都放在同一隔间里。
3. He has a degree in world history.
   他具有世界历史的学位。
4. The English language has an interesting history.
   英语有着饶有趣味的发展历史。
5. She loved me once, but that's all ancient history now.
   她曾经爱过我，但现在已成往事。

his.to.ry

n.（名词）
【复数】 his.to.ries 缩写 hist.
A narrative of events; a story.
历史：事件的记叙；故事

A chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or an institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events:
历史记事：按时间顺序记录生命、民族和制度等事件的发展，通常包含对这些事件的解释或评价：
例句：
.The queens in history compare favorably with the kings.(Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
.历史上的皇后同国王比起来更讨人喜欢.(伊丽莎白·卡迪·斯坦顿)

A formal written account of related natural phenomena:
历史记录：对相关自然现象比较正式的书面记录：
例句：
a history of volcanoes.
火山志

A record of a patient`s medical background.
病史：病人医疗情况的记录
The branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events:
历史学：记录和分析过去事情的学科：
例句：
.History has a long-range perspective.(Elizabeth Gurley Flynn)
.历史必须长远地看.(伊丽莎白·格利·弗林)

The events forming the subject matter of a historical account.
历史事件：构成历史记录主题的事件
Something that belongs to the past:
往事：属于过去的事：
例句：
Their troubles are history now.
他们的麻烦已过去了

An interesting past:
有趣的过去：
例句：
a house with a history.
一座有一段历史的房屋

A drama based on historical events:
历史剧：基于历史事件的戏剧：
例句：
the histories of Shakespeare.
莎士比亚的历史剧

来源：
Middle English histoire
中古英语 histoire
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin historia
源自 拉丁语 historia
from Greek
源自 希腊语
from historein [to inquire]
源自 historein [询问]
from histôr [learned man] * see weid-
源自 histôr [有学问的人] *参见 weid-