history
/ˈhɪstərɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- mass noun the study of past events, particularly in human affairs历史（尤指对与人类有关的过去事件的研究）：
medieval European history.
中世纪欧洲史。
1.1
- the past considered as a whole过去, 历史：
letters that have changed the course of history.
改变历史进程的文学。
2
- the whole series of past events connected with someone or something（人或物的）历史：
the history of the Empire.
该帝国的历史。
2.1
- an eventful past充满大事的历史：
the group has quite a history.
该集团公司颇有一段历史。
2.2
- a past characterized by a particular thing带有某种特征的历史：
his family had a history of insanity.
他的家族有精神病史。
3
- a continuous, typically chronological, record of important or public events or of a particular trend or institution历史（对重要或公众事件、特殊趋势或制度按时间顺序的连续记录）：
a history of the labour movement.
工人运动史。
3.1
- a historical play历史剧：
Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies.
莎士比亚的喜剧、历史剧和悲剧。
短语
be history
1
- be perceived as no longer relevant to the present成为历史（或过去）：
the mainframe will soon be history
这种（计算机）主机很快就会成为历史
I was making a laughing stock of myself, but that's history now.
我以前总使自己成为笑柄, 不过现在这已成为历史了。
1.1
- informal used to indicate imminent departure, dismissal, or death〈非正式〉成为历史（用于指逼近的分离、解雇或死亡）：
an inch either way and you'd be history.
再动一动, 就要你的命。
go down in history
- be remembered or recorded in history载入史册。
make history
- do something that is remembered in or influences the course of history创造历史, 做名垂青史的事。
the rest is history
- used to indicate that the events succeeding those already related are so well known that they need not be recounted again余下的不饶费舌, 其他的都众所周知了：
they teamed up, discovered that they could make music, and the rest is history.
他们组成团队, 发现自己可以创作音乐, 余下的就不饶费舌了。
词源
late Middle English （also as a verb）： via Latin from Greek historia 'finding out, narrative, history', from histōr 'learned, wise man', from an Indo-European root shared by WIT2.