tale
美音:
[teıl
]英音:
[teıl
]n.故事,坏话,流言蜚语,谣言,叙述,传说
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tale
/teɪl; tel/
n
1 narrative or story 故事
*`fairy tales 神话
* tales of adventure 冒险故事.
2 report spread by gossip, often false or invented 传言; 传闻; 流言蜚语
*I've heard some odd tales about her. 我听到些关于她的怪事.
* You hear all sorts of tales. 各种流言蜚语满天飞.
3 (idm 习语) dead men tell no tales => dead. live, etc to tell the tale => tell. an old wives' tale => old. tell its own tale => tell. tell tales => tell. thereby hangs a tale => hang1.
tale
n[C][
Language: Old English;Origin: talu]
a story about exciting imaginary events
tale of tales of adventure a book of old Japanese folk tales (=traditional stories) a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen a cautionary tale (=one that is told to warn people about the dangers of something )a description of interesting or exciting things that happened to someone, often one which is not completely true about every detail
tale of/about tales of her life in post-war Berlintale of/about how He was in the middle of telling me a long tale about how he once met the Redskins' manager.tell talesBrE to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone else has done
American Equivalent:
tattletell tales to Don't go telling tales to the teacher!tale of woea) a description of events that made you unhappy
b) a series of bad things that happened to someone
The England team's tale of woe continued, and they lost the next three games.→
fairy tale,old wives' taleatold
1. By laying out a few cards, you create a story as appealing as a fairy tale, with your client as the hero. 摆出几张牌,你就可以创造一个像神话传说一样动人的故事,而故事的主角就是你的顾客。
2. The mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house. 那个好说谎的乞丐在每家说不同的悲哀故事。
3. And find some grace and pleasure in our condition, not like a self-centered British poet but like a patient princess sealed up in a tower, waiting for the happy ending to our fairy tale. 要在我们自身的条件下发现一些优雅和乐趣,不要做一个以自我为中心的英国诗人,而要像一个被关在塔楼里的公主,耐心地等待着我们的童话故事进入快乐的结局。
4. "Millionaire" is one of those words from a fairy tale that has no meaning to me whatsoever — like the words "emigration" and "Canada." 象"移民"和"加拿大"这两个词一样,"百万富翁"对我来说只是童话故事词汇中的一个没有任何意义的词而已。
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