history
/ˈhɪstrɪ; `hɪstrɪ/ n
1
(a) [U] study of past events, esp the political, social and economic development of a country, a continent or the world 历史学
a student of Russian history 俄国史学者
ancient/medieval/modern history 古代[中古/近代]史.
(b) this as a subject at school or university 历史（课程）
a degree in history and geography 历史和地理学位
[attrib 作定语]
my history teacher 我们的历史老师.
2 [U] past events, esp when considered as a whole 历史（尤指将过去的事件作为整体看待时）
Throughout history men have waged war. 自有历史以来就有战争.
a people with no sense of history 没有历史感的民族.
3 [C] systematic description of past events 历史（对过去事件的系统叙述）
writing a new history of Europe 撰写一部新的欧洲史
[attrib 作定语]
Shakespeare's history plays 莎士比亚的历史剧.
4 [C usu sing 通常作单数]
series of past events or experiences connected with an object, a person or a place （某物的）来历; （某人的）经历; （某地的）沿革
This house has a strange history. 这所房子有一段奇怪的来历.
sb's medical history, ie record of his past illnesses 某人的病历（其过去患病的纪录）
There is a history of heart disease in my family. 我家有患心脏病的家族病史. *He has a history of violent crime. 他有暴力犯罪的记录.5 [U]
(infml 口) fact, event, etc that is no longer relevant or important 不复相关或不再重要的事实、 事件等
They had an affair once, but that's ancient history now. 他们曾经有过一段暧昧关系, 但现在那已成为遥远的过去了.
6 (idm 习语) make/go down in `historybe or do sth so important or unusual that it will be recorded in history 成为或开创历史的新篇章
a discovery that made medical history 载入医学史册的重大发现.