anecdote

复数：anecdotes

1. [C]轶事; 趣闻 a short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or event
2. [C]传闻 a personal account of an event

• collect anecdotes收集奇闻
• manufacture anecdotes炮制奇闻
• relate an anecdote讲述奇闻

• amusing anecdote趣闻
• personal anecdote轶事
• sentimental anecdote感伤的轶事
• well-told anecdote讲述得十分精彩的轶事
• authentic anecdote真实轶事
• off-color anecdote伤风败俗的奇闻
• off-the-record anecdote逸事
• characteristic anecdotes独特的奇闻
• historical anecdotes历史掌故
• horrifying anecdotes骇人的奇闻
• literary anecdotes文坛轶事
• long-buried anecdotes湮没已久的轶事
• startling anecdotes耸人听闻的轶事

• trifling anecdotes of celebrities名人轶事
• trifling anecdotes of famous characters名人琐事

1. He departs from the text to tell an anecdote.
   他没讲课文而讲了一段轶事。
2. He preceded his lecture with a humorous anecdote.
   他以一个幽默的轶事开始他的演说
3. He told me some anecdotes about our English teacher.
   他告诉我几个关于英语老师的掌故。
4. It had never been more than a family anecdote.
   那不过是个家庭趣谈罢了。