saga

noun
🔊/ˈsɑːɡə/
🔊/ˈsɑːɡə/
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  1. a long traditional story about adventures and brave acts, especially one from Norway or Iceland萨迦(尤指古代挪威或冰岛讲述冒险经历和英雄事迹的长篇故事)Topics Literature and writingc2
  2. a long story about events over a period of many years(讲述许多年间发生的事情的)长篇故事,长篇小说
    • a family saga家世小说
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • continuing
    • ongoing
    • long
    saga + verb
    • continue
    preposition
    • in a/​the saga
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  3. a long series of events or adventures and/or a report about them一连串的事件(或经历);一连串经历的讲述(或记述)
    • The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.头版是对劫持事件的连续报道。🔊🔊
    • (humorous) the saga of how I missed the plane有关我如何误了飞机的一连串倒霉事儿
    • This whole saga has been a pretty significant victory for truth.整部传奇故事写的是真理赢得的重大胜利。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • continuing
    • ongoing
    • long
    saga + verb
    • continue
    preposition
    • in a/​the saga
    See full entry
  4. Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Old Norse, literally ‘narrative’; related to the noun saw (sense 2).

Saga

🔊/ˈsɑːɡə/
🔊/ˈsɑːɡə/
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  1. a British travel company started in the 1950s which organizes and sells holidays for people aged over 50. The company also provides financial services for older people and publishes a magazine.