a factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence 年代史,编年史 ■a work of fiction or non-fiction which describes a particular series of events 记事;叙述
verb
[with obj.]record (a related series of events) in a factual and detailed way 翔实记载(系列相关事件) his work chronicles 20th-century displacement and migration. 他的作品翔实记载了20世纪被迫离境和移居国外的情况。
派生 chronicler noun 语源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cronicle, variant of Old French cronique, via Latin from Greek khronika 'annals', from khronikos (see chronic)