anecdotes是什么意思？

anecdotes

英['ænɪkdəʊts] 美['ænɪkdoʊts]

• n. 掌故，趣闻，轶事( anecdote的名词复数 )；

例句

• shopworn anecdotes 陈旧的轶事
• He followed this up with a few horrifying anecdotes from his own past. 他接下去讲了几件有关自己过去的令人震惊的轶事。
• The lecturer told a few jokes and anecdotes to add colour to his talk. 演讲者穿插着说了几个笑话和几则轶事, 为其演讲增色。
• He told one or two amusing anecdotes about his years as a policeman. 他讲述了一两桩他当警察时的趣事。
• But by the end, I did want to hear more than little quips and amusing anecdotes. 但是结束之前, 我的确想听些奇谈妙语和搞笑的轶事.
• The book is well larded with anecdotes. 书中穿插了不少轶闻趣事.
• For people of a certain age, such anecdotes might evince something like nostalgia. 对于某个年龄层的人, 像这样的轶事令人有怀旧的感觉.
• This carline is fond of nosing about anecdotes of other families. 这位老太婆爱打听别人家的事.
• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman. 他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事.
• amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor 关于他短暂演员生涯的趣闻逸事

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  轶事；趣闻
  An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
  例句
  Pete was telling them an anecdote about their mother... 皮特正在给他们讲一件他们母亲的趣闻。 He has a talent for recollection and anecdote. 他在记忆力和讲述趣闻轶事方面颇具天赋。
• N-VAR
  （无根据的）传闻
  Anecdotes are individual accounts of something that are not reliable evidence.
  例句
  The image of the fox as a pest is grossly exaggerated in anecdote and folklore. 狐狸的害人精形象在传闻和民间故事中遭到严重的夸大。