storybook

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sto·ry·book1 /ˈstɔːribʊk/ noun [countable]  TCNa book of stories for children 〔为儿童编写的〕故事书 colourful storybooks 彩色故事书

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storybook• Traynor is almost dressed like some one from a storybook too.• The writer of this month's Star Letter has won a storybook.• They were not fancy, bright storybooks.• An Arab like the ones you see in storybooks.storybook2 adjective  storybook ending/romance etc HAPPYan ending etc that is so happy or perfect that it is like one in a children’s story 童话式的结局/浪漫史等 SYN fairytale It would have been storybook stuff if he had won the competition. 要是他赢了这场比赛，那简直就是传奇故事了。

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storybook• He tapped this malevolently against the glass, grinning all the while like a storybook bandit.• Even the houses up in the hills seemed to be shining like storybook houses.• It sounds almost like a storybook story.

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sto‧ry‧book¹ /ˈstɔːribʊk/ noun [countable]
a book of stories for children:
    colourful storybooks

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storybook² adjective
storybook ending/romance etc an ending etc that is so happy or perfect that it is like one in a children’s story
   SYN  fairytale:
    It would have been storybook stuff if he had won the competition.

story·bookBrE /ˈstɔːribʊk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɔːribʊk/ 🔊 nouna book of stories for children 儿童故事书；童话书◆a picture in a storybook故事书中的插图◆storybook characters童话中的人物◆storybook adventures (= like the ones in stories for children) 故事书里种种神奇的历险