Anecdote



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解释

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• n. 短故事; 轶事
• ［英］ n. 短故事 ( a short, entertaining account) ; 轶事 ( entertaining facts of history)
• ［同］ 派生词: anecdotal ( adj. 轶事的, 趣闻的)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural anecdotes; also anecdota)

• Etymology: French, from Greek anekdota unpublished items, from neuter plural of anekdotos unpublished, from a- + ekdidonai to publish, from ex out + didonai to give — more at ex-, date
• Date: 1686
• a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

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