stor(e)y 的用法及固定搭配

stor(e)y

1.说房子的“层”用storey或story都可以,在英国两种形式都用,在美国只用story。storey的复数形式是storeys,story的复数形式是stories。说“几层的”用…storeyed或...storied,...storey或...story都可以,如a three-storeyed house和a three-storied house,a three-storey house和a three-story house。

2.关于stor(e)y和floor的不同,参见floor 2

3.story(故事、小说)通常是类名词,不是抽象名词,但在统指“传说”和指“(故事的)情节”的时候是抽象名词。例如:Arthur is a name famous in story. 和This novel has very little story.

4.story在美国新闻界往往用来指一则一则的“新闻”。例如:The newspaper contains a story about the launching of the world's third artificial earth satellite(人造地球卫星)on 15 May, 1958.

5.novel([长篇]小说)当然也是story,但往往把story用得好像只指比较短篇的小说或故事,所以可以说novels and stories。