story

novel, romance, fiction, story, fable, tale

这些名词均含“小说、故事”之意。
novel: 指任何有情节、人物、对白的虚构长篇散文体故事。
romance: 系novel早期的代用词，泛指具有强烈神话和传奇色彩的故事，现指爱情故事。
fiction: 指部分或全部虚构的短篇、中篇、长篇小说，也指传奇故事，是小说的总称。
story: 指篇幅较短，常包含一系列情节或事件，口述或书写成文的故事。
fable: 指短小而寓有教育意义的虚构故事，故事的主人公多为拟人化的动物或非动物之类，也作传说解。
tale: 常可与story换用，指以事实为中心作叙述的故事，也指古代流传下来的传说故事或神话故事。

名词 story:

1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
   同义词：narrative, narration, tale
2. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
3. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
   同义词：floor, level, storey
4. a record or narrative description of past events
   同义词：history, account, chronicle
5. a short account of the news
   同义词：report, news report, account, write up
6. a trivial lie
   同义词：fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle

1. Only when he read the newspaper did he know the story.
   他看了报纸后才知道那则报导。
2. The story stirred her sympathy.
   这故事激起了她的同情心。
3. I was very moved by her story.
   她的故事使我很感动。
4. It is boring to listen to the same story.
   听相同的故事是令人厌烦的。
5. This magazine published excellent stories.
   这本杂志登载优秀的小说。
6. That is a house of six stories.
   那是一栋六层楼的房子。