1 a story (about sb/sth) a description of people and events that are not real （虚构的）故事: I'll tell you a storyabout the animals that live in that forest. 我给你讲一个关于生活在那座森林里的动物的故事。I always read the children a bedtime story. 我总是在孩子睡觉之前给他们讲故事。a detective/fairy/ghost/love story 侦探╱童话╱鬼怪╱爱情故事

2 an account, especially a spoken one, of sth that has happened 叙述，描述（尤指口头的）: The police didn't believe his story. 警方不相信他的说法。

3 a description of true events that happened in the past （真实的）故事；事迹: He's writing his life story. 他在写自己的生平。

4 an article or report in a newspaper or magazine （报章或杂志上的）文章，报道: The plane crash was the front-page story in most newspapers. 这起坠机事件成为大多数报纸的头版新闻。

5 (US 美) =STOREY