fable
英 [ˈfeɪbl] 美 [ˈfebəl]

n.

寓言，童话；传说；无稽之谈；人人谈论的话题

v.

讲故事，编寓言；虚构，杜撰；煞有介事地讲；

变形

复数：fables过去式：fabled过去分词：fabled现在分词：fabling第三人称单数：fables

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]寓言 a short story that teaches a lesson of moral and that often has animals as speaking characters
2. [U]神话，传说 such stories and legends considered as a group

英英释义

fable[ 'feibl ]

• n.
  • a deliberately false or improbable account

    同义词：fabricationfiction

  • a short moral story (often with animal characters)

    同义词：parableallegoryapologue

  • a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

    同义词：legend

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. Fables often have animals as the main characters.
   寓言常以动物为主角。
2. The following passage was quoted from a well-known fable.
   接下来这一段是出自一篇有名的寓言。
3. We may take the story of Job for a history or a fable.
   我们可以把关于约伯的故事当作历史或者当作神话。
4. We have to learn to distinguish fact from fable.
   我们应当学会识别真伪。

用作动词(v.)

1. He fabled about his lot.
   他编造自己的身世。

权威例句

The Fable of the Bees
Matthew: Effect or Fable?
The Fable of the Bees: An Economic Investigation
The fable of the bees: Private vices, publick benefits.
Fable: A Language for Enforcing User-defined Security Policies
THe Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits
Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable
BREWER'S 'DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE'
The Commodity-Consumer Price Connection: Fact or Fable?
CITYSCAPE AS MORAL FABLE: THE PLACE OF JEWISH HISTORY AND AMERICAN SOCIAL REALISM IN BERNARD MALAMUD'S IMAGINATION