名詞 history:

1. the aggregate of past events
2. the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
3. a record or narrative description of past events
   同義詞：account, chronicle, story
4. the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
5. all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge

1. He specializes in oriental history.
   他專門研究東方史。
2. In the library, the books on history are all kept in one bay.
   在圖書館里，歷史方面的書都放在同一隔間里。
3. He has a degree in world history.
   他具有世界歷史的學(xué)位。
4. The English language has an interesting history.
   英語有著饒有趣味的發(fā)展歷史。
5. She loved me once, but that's all ancient history now.
   她曾經(jīng)愛過我，但現(xiàn)在已成往事。

his.to.ry

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 his.to.ries 縮寫 hist.
A narrative of events; a story.
歷史：事件的記敘；故事

A chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or an institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events:
歷史記事：按時(shí)間順序記錄生命、民族和制度等事件的發(fā)展，通常包含對(duì)這些事件的解釋或評(píng)價(jià)：
例句：
.The queens in history compare favorably with the kings.(Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
.歷史上的皇后同國王比起來更討人喜歡.(伊麗莎白·卡迪·斯坦頓)

A formal written account of related natural phenomena:
歷史記錄：對(duì)相關(guān)自然現(xiàn)象比較正式的書面記錄：
例句：
a history of volcanoes.
火山志

A record of a patient`s medical background.
病史：病人醫(yī)療情況的記錄
The branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events:
歷史學(xué)：記錄和分析過去事情的學(xué)科：
例句：
.History has a long-range perspective.(Elizabeth Gurley Flynn)
.歷史必須長遠(yuǎn)地看.(伊麗莎白·格利·弗林)

The events forming the subject matter of a historical account.
歷史事件：構(gòu)成歷史記錄主題的事件
Something that belongs to the past:
往事：屬于過去的事：
例句：
Their troubles are history now.
他們的麻煩已過去了

An interesting past:
有趣的過去：
例句：
a house with a history.
一座有一段歷史的房屋

A drama based on historical events:
歷史?。夯跉v史事件的戲劇：
例句：
the histories of Shakespeare.
莎士比亞的歷史劇

來源：
Middle English histoire
中古英語 histoire
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin historia
源自 拉丁語 historia
from Greek
源自 希臘語
from historein [to inquire]
源自 historein [詢問]
from histôr [learned man] * see weid-
源自 histôr [有學(xué)問的人] *參見 weid-