anecdote
/ˈænɪkdəʊt/noun
1- a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person轶事, 趣闻：
he told anecdotes about his job
他讲了有关他工作的趣闻
mass noun he had a rich store of anecdote.他有一肚子趣闻轶事。
1.1
- an account regarded as unreliable or hearsay传闻：
mass noun 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。
1.2
- mass noun the depiction of a minor narrative incident in a painting（绘画）轶事描述
词源
late 17th cent.: from French， or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota 'things unpublished'， from an- 'not'+ ekdotos, from ekdidōnai 'publish'.