tale
英 [teɪl] 美 [tel]

n.

传说，传言；（尤指充满惊险的）故事；坏话，谣言；〈古〉计算，总计

变形

复数：tales

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]故事 a story of imaginary events, especially of an exciting kind
2. [C]传言; 谣言 a report or description

英英释义

tale[ teil ]

• n.
  • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

    同义词：narrativenarrationstory

  • a trivial lie

    同义词：fibstorytarradiddletaradiddle

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• believe sb's tale相信某人的传闻

形容词+～

• absorbing tale极有趣的故事

～+介词

• tale about ghosts鬼故事

词组短语

fairy tale神话故事，童话；谎言

folk tale民间故事

tell the tale编讲悲惨的往事

nursery tale童话

tell a tale ◎揭露内情 , ◎说明情况

tall tale n. 吹牛，说大话；夸张的故事，荒诞的故事

old wives' tale无稽之谈；愚蠢的迷信（尤指老妇人所持的）

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

story, tale, fiction, fable, romance, novel

这组词都有“小说，故事”的意思，其区别是：

story指篇幅较短，常包含一系列情节或事件，口述或书写成文的故事。

tale常可与story换用，指以事实为中心作叙述的故事，也指古代流传下来的传说故事或神话故事。

fiction指部分或全部虚构的短篇、中篇、长篇小说，也指传奇故事，是小说的总称。

fable指短小而寓有教育意义的虚构故事。故事的主人公多为拟人化的动物或非动物之类。也作传说解。

romance系novel早期的代用词，泛指具有强烈神话和传奇色彩的故事，现指爱情故事。

novel指任何有情节、人物、对白，虚构的长篇散文体故事。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Their love story sounds like a fairy tale.
   他们的爱情故事听起来像童话。
2. This is a tale that wring the heart.
   这是个令人心痛的故事。
3. We listened to their tales about life in the Sahara Desert.
   我们听他们讲述撒哈拉沙漠的生活经历。
4. We laugh over this tale, but it's becoming almost as true of people.
   我们笑着谈论此则故事，但对人类来说，情形也差不多一样。
5. According to the tale, the tears of shark-people can be turned into pearls.
   传说中鲛人泪可以化为珍珠。
6. The Monkey King' is an extraordinary tale with a strange twist at the end.
   美猴王是个离奇的传说，结尾有意想不到的波折。
7. It's an ancient tale which appears in various guises in several languages.
   那是一个以几种语言叙述的古老的故事。

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