a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
轶事, 趣闻
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he told anecdotes about his job 他讲了有关他工作的趣闻
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he had a rich store of anecdote .他有一肚子趣闻轶事。
an account regarded as unreliable or hearsay
传闻
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his wife's death has long been the subject of rumour and anecdote .他老婆的死长久以来一直是谣言和传闻的主题。[mass noun] the depiction of a minor narrative incident in a painting (绘画)轶事描述
"late 17th cent.: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek