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anecdote

/an-ik-doht/US // ˈæn ɪkˌdoʊt //UK // (ˈænɪkˌdəʊt) //

趣闻轶事,轶事,轶闻趣事,趣闻趣事

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural an·ec·dotes or, for 2, an·ec·do·ta [an-ik-doh-tuh]. /ˌæn ɪkˈdoʊ tə/.

    • : a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
    • : a short, obscure historical or biographical account.

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Examples

  • Each photograph is combined with stories or anecdotes about that specific animal and informative facts about their species.

  • Rife with stunning photography and beautiful illustrations, Eicher delivers wonderfully written anecdotes, fun facts, and longer stories about discovery and innovation when it comes to galactic exploration.

  • Armed with a seemingly endless supply of outrageous anecdotes, memorable analogies, puns and quips, he makes the thorny theoretical details of the quantum internet both entertaining and accessible.

  • The idea that female world leaders were outperforming male ones was based on several high-profile anecdotes.

  • I recommend the audiobook because the inflection matters and hammers home some of the anecdotes shared.

  • In doing so, the vice president delighted the audience with a personal anecdote from his childhood as Joey Biden.

  • The anecdote is a perfect parable for the power and ignorance of artistic patrons.

  • Before we get off the phone, Kent stumbles and stammers until finding her footing in a heartwarming anecdote.

  • In the same interview, he told an anecdote about what it means to be a good salesman.

  • One visitor, an elderly woman named Mrs. Lacey, relays an anecdote about her American son-in-law.

  • We were speaking of the faculty of mimicry, and he told me such a funny little anecdote about Chopin.

  • Never anticipate the point or joke of any anecdote told in your presence.

  • Somers related an anecdote, well worthy to be remembered, which had been preserved by tradition in the noble house of De Vere.

  • One traditional anecdote, and the brief history of Peter Ilich as an official is complete.

  • Compare this Norman with the hero of the following little anecdote which the Scotch tell.