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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary chron·i·cle \\ˈkrä-ni-kəl\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English cronicle, from Anglo-French, alteration of chronike, from Latin chronica, from Greek chronika, from neuter plural of chronikos
DATE 14th century
1. an historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation a chronicle of the Civil War2. narrative 1transitive verb ( -cled ; chron·i·cling \\-k(ə-)liŋ\\) DATE 15th century
: to present a record of in or as if in a chronicle chronicle Victorian society chronicle the doings of the rich and famous• chron·i·cler \\-k(ə-)lər\\ noun
chronicle chronicle (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr
http://O.Fr . chronique, from L. chronica, from Gk. khronika (biblia) "(books of) annals," neut. pl. of khronikos "of time." The verb is from c.1440.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 chronicle
chron·icle / 5krCnikl; NAmE 5krB:n- / noun a written record of events in the order in which they happened
编年史；历史:
the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
《盎格鲁 — 撒克逊人编年史》
Her latest novel is a chronicle of life in a Devon village.
她的最近一部小说是德文郡一个小村庄的生活记事。 verb[VN]
(formal) to record events in the order in which they happened
把…载入编年史；按事件顺序记载:
Her achievements are chronicled in a new biography out this week.
她的成就已载入本周出版的一本新传记中。
• chron·ic·ler / 5krCniklE(r); NAmE 5krB:n- / noun
chronicle noun
⇨ story 2
chronicle verb
⇨ describe Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged chron·i·cleI. \ˈkränə̇kəl, -nēk-\ noun( -s) Etymology: Middle English cronicle, from Anglo-French, alteration (probably influenced by such words as Old French article) of Old French chronique, from Latin chronica, from Greek chronika, from neuter plural of chronikos, adjective : an especially historical account of facts or events that are arranged in order of time and usually continuous and detailed but without analysis or interpretation; broadly : history , narrative II. transitive verb( chronicled ; chronicled ; chronicling \-k(ə)liŋ\ ; chronicles) Etymology: Middle English croniclen, from cronicle, n. 1. : to record or present in or as if in a chronicle < the greater French novelists from Stendhal to Proust chronicle the rise, the regime, and the decay of the upper bourgeoisie in France — T.S.Eliot >2. : list , describe < it is impossible to chronicle all the splendors and humbler delights to be found in these volumes — Times Literary Supplement >
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