单词	saga
释义	sagasa‧ga /ˈsɑːɡə/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsaga Origin: 1700-1800 Old Norse Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Chang's novel is the real-life saga of a Chinese family. Getting here from Milwaukee was a real saga. Her saga of the rise and fall of a powerful family dynasty was a great commercial success. The novel is a historical saga, set in Tudor times. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But it is also a saga of human avarice and the abuse of power. For some reason, the whole extraordinary saga of San Diego and Tijuana during Prohibition has been forgotten. His saga could distract and entertain, guilt-free, for years. Let me update you on my social security saga. Meridon is linked to the aforementioned Lacey sagas, but its plot is self-contained. Our Susan and Vera saga in Bewley's is not that far-fetched and it replaces negative comment in many cases. Stay tuned, because the Carrey saga should get interesting. We have a crucial role to play in the unfolding of the sagas. Thesaurus THESAURUS► story a description of how something happened that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary: · a ghost story· a love story· It’s a story about a man who loses his memory.· a book of short stories ► tale a story about strange imaginary events, or exciting events that happened in the past: · a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen· I loved hearing tales of his travels. ► myth noun [countable, uncountable] a very old imaginary story about gods and magical creatures: · an ancient myth· Greek and Roman myths ► legend noun [countable, uncountable] an old story about brave people or magical events that are probably not true: · popular legends of the creation of the world· According to legend, King Arthur was buried there. ► fable a traditional imaginary short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals: · the fable of the tortoise and the hare· a Chinese fable ► epic a story told in a long book, film, or poem which is about great or exciting events, especially in history: · an epic about 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace ► saga a story about a series of events that take place over a long period of time, especially events involving one family: · a family saga beginning in the 1880s ► yarn informal a long exciting story that is not completely true: · The movie’s a rattling good yarn and full of action. Longman Language Activatora story► story a description of real or imaginary events, which is told or written to entertain people: · All children love stories.· The film was OK, but I didn't think the story was very realistic.· a book of short storiestell/read somebody a story: · Sally, will you read us a story?story about: · Grandpa's always telling us stories about when he was a boystory of: · The movie tells the story of a young girl brought up in the Deep South in the 1930s.ghost/love story: · We sat around the fire telling ghost stories.fairy story (=a story about imaginary people, creatures, and events): · He looked like some giant from a fairy story.true story (=about events that really happened): · The film is based on a true story. ► tale an exciting story about imaginary events: tale of: · 'Treasure Island' - a tale of pirates and adventuretell a tale: · She told us many tales about when our father was a child.fairy tale (=a story about imaginary creatures, people, and events): · Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales ► fiction writing that describes imaginary people and events: · So much modern fiction is full of sex and violence.work of fiction: · Although it is a work of fiction, it is based on fact.crime/romantic/historical etc fiction: · Adopting the style of romantic fiction, she said, ''I love him passionately''.science fiction (=stories about imaginary future times): · a science fiction novel ► myth a very old story, about gods and magical creatures: · The myth tells of how the gods sent fire to the earth in flashes of lightning.· a ballet based on a Greek myth· The heroes of myth all had some point of weakness. ► legend an old story, usually about strange events or people with magic powers: · According to legend, the whole castle was washed into the sea.legend of: · the legend of Robin Hoodlegend has it (that) (=according to legend): · Legend has it that Sarah Heln, who died in 1913, was shut alive inside a lead coffin. ► anecdote a short funny story about something that really happened: · Personal anecdotes have no place in an academic essay.anecdote about: · The book is full of amusing anecdotes about his time in the police force. ► saga a story about a series of connected events or adventures that take place over a long period of time, especially events involving one family: · The novel is a historical saga, set in Tudor times.saga of: · Her saga of the rise and fall of a powerful family dynasty was a great commercial success. ► epic a story told in a long book, film, or poem which is about great or exciting events, especially in history: · The film was billed as an epic -- an adventure story that would take the world and the box-office by storm.· The history of a single event has been spun out to fill a 255 page epic. epic poem/hero/style etc: · the epic poem "Beowulf' WORD SETS► Literature acrostic, nounadapt, verballiteration, nounanagram, nounannual, nounanthology, nounantihero, nounapologia, nounappendix, nounassonance, nounauthorship, nounautobiography, nounballad, nounbard, nounbathos, nounbiography, nounblank verse, nounbowdlerize, verbburlesque, nouncaesura, nouncameo, nouncanon, nouncanto, nouncaricature, nounchapter, nouncharacterization, nouncitation, nounclimax, nounclimax, verbcoda, nouncollected, adjectiveconceit, nouncorpus, nouncouplet, nouncritique, noundactyl, noundeclamatory, adjectivedeconstruction, noundense, adjectivedevice, noundialogue, noundiarist, noundiction, noundigest, noundoggerel, noundraft, noundraft, verbdrama, noundub, nounelegy, nounending, nounepic, adjectiveepigram, nounepilogue, nounepistolary, adjectiveepitaph, nounessay, nounessayist, nouneulogy, nounexegesis, nounfable, nounfairy tale, nounfantasy, nounfiction, nounfictional, adjectivefirst edition, nounfirst person, nounflashback, nounflorid, adjectiveflowery, adjectivefolk, adjectiveforeword, nounformulaic, adjectivefree verse, nounghost story, nounGothic, adjectivegrandiloquent, adjectivehaiku, nounheroic, adjectiveheroic couplet, nounhexameter, nounhumorist, nounhyperbole, nouniamb, nouniambic pentameter, nounimage, nounimagery, nouninformal, adjectiveingénue, nouninstalment, nounirony, nounjournal, nounlay, nounlimerick, nounlit., literary, adjectiveliterature, nounlyric, adjectivelyric, nounlyrical, adjectivelyricism, nounman of letters, nounmanuscript, nounmetaphor, nounmetaphorical, adjectivemetre, nounmetrical, adjectivemonologue, nounnarrative, nounnarrator, nounnaturalism, nounnaturalistic, adjectivenom de plume, nounnovel, nounnovelist, nounnovella, nounnursery rhyme, nounode, nounonomatopoeia, nounpadding, nounpaean, nounparagraph, nounparaphrase, verbparaphrase, nounparenthetical, adjectivepassage, nounpathetic fallacy, nounpen name, nounpentameter, nounperiphrasis, nounperoration, nounpicaresque, adjectiveplaywright, nounplot, nounpoem, nounpoet, nounpoetess, nounpoetic, adjectivepoetic licence, nounpoet laureate, nounpoetry, nounpolemic, nounpolemical, adjectivepotboiler, nounprécis, nounpreface, nounprefatory, adjectiveprologue, nounprose, nounprosody, nounprotagonist, nounpseudonym, nounpulp, nounquatrain, nounquotation, nounquote, verbreading, nounrecite, verbrendition, nounrevise, verbrevision, nounrhetoric, nounrhyme, nounrhyme, verbromance, nounsaga, nounsatire, nounsatirist, nounscience fiction, nounscribbler, nounscript, nounself-portrait, nounSF, Shakespearean, adjectiveshort story, nounsimile, nounsoliloquy, nounsonnet, nounstanza, nounstilted, adjectivestory, nounstream of consciousness, nounstylist, nounsubplot, nounsubtitle, nounsuperhero, nounsurrealism, nounsurrealistic, adjectivesynopsis, nountailpiece, nountale, nountalking book, nountearjerker, nountext, nountextual, adjectivetexture, nountheme, nounthriller, nountitle, nountragedian, nountragedy, nountragic, adjectivetragicomedy, nountrope, nounturgid, adjectiveunabridged, adjectiveverse, nounvignette, nounvolume, nounweepy, nounwell-turned, adjectivewhodunit, nounwriter, nounwriter's block, nounyarn, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► long-running saga  a long-running saga COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► long · The announcement is the latest move in a long and complex saga.· Now the suits get into our very parlours in Capital City, a long running television saga of banking folk. ► whole · But no one ever mentions two things which seem to me of prime importance in the whole relationship saga.· For some reason, the whole extraordinary saga of San Diego and Tijuana during Prohibition has been forgotten.· This whole saga ruins any faith you had in the game.· You get a whole medical saga from those few words.· This whole saga has been running for 60 years.· In the whole sorry saga, West Bromwich Albion were one of the few parties to emerge with dignity. 1a long and complicated series of events, or a description of this:  The whole saga began back in May.saga of She launched into the saga of her on-off engagement.2a long story about events that happen over many yearssaga of a saga of four generations of the Coleman family► see thesaurus at story3one of the stories written about the Vikings of Norway and Iceland
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