tale

英 [teɪl]

美 [teɪl]

n.  (尤指充满惊险的)故事; 历险记; (精彩但不一定完全真实的)讲述，叙述

复数：tales　

中考高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLTEM4法律

Collins.3 / BNC.2493 / COCA.2239

同义词辨析

fictionfablenovelromancestorytale【导航词义：故事】

习惯用语

n.

an old wives' tale
• 不经之谈；不科学的陈腐思想
  an old idea or belief that has been proved not to be scientific
live, etc. to tell the tale
• 幸免于难之后向人讲述真实经历
  to survive a difficult or dangerous experience so that you can tell others what really happened

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指充满惊险的）故事；历险记
  a story created using the imagination, especially one that is full of action and adventure
  1. Dickens' ‘A Tale of Two Cities’
     狄更斯的《双城记》
  2. a fairy/moral/romantic, etc. tale
     童话、寓言、爱情故事等
• （精彩但不一定完全真实的）讲述，叙述
  an exciting spoken description of an event, which may not be completely true
  1. I love listening to his tales of life at sea.
     我喜欢听他讲述他的海上生活。
  2. I've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house.
     我听说有人在那栋房子里见到过鬼。
  3. The team's tale of woe continued on Saturday (= they lost another match) .
     上星期六这支队又遭败绩。
  4. Her experiences provide a cautionary tale (= a warning) for us all.
     她的经历成了我们大家的前车之鉴。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (常包含魔法或惊险内容的)传说，故事
  Ataleis a story, often involving magic or exciting events.
  1. ...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...
     由短篇故事、诗歌和传说汇成的作品集
  2. Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday.
     《城市故事》的第一、二集将于星期二两集连播。
• N-COUNT (对真人真事精彩的或夸张的)描述，讲述
  You can refer to an interesting, exciting, or dramatic account of a real event as atale.
  1. The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday's earthquake.
     媒体上尽是星期一发生的地震所带来的恐惧和损失的报道。
  2. ...a property analyst, full of cheery tales about soaring share prices and new capital pouring into property companies.
     总是兴高采烈地描述着股票价格飙升和新资本源源不断注入房地产公司的房地产分析师
• See also:fairy taleold wives’ taletall tale
• PHRASE 大难不死;逃过劫难;幸免于难
  If you survive a dangerous or frightening experience and so are able to tell people about it afterwards, you can say that youlived to tell the tale.
  1. You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.
     你这次算是逃过了一劫，不过谁知道你的运气还会持续多久呢？
• See also:I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.tell-tale

英英释义

noun

• a trivial lie
  1. he told a fib about eating his spinach
  2. how can I stop my child from telling stories?
  Synonym:fibstorytarradiddletaradiddle
• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
  1. his narrative was interesting
  2. Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
  Synonym:narrativenarrationstory

双语例句

• I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.
  我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。
• Do you expect me to credit that absurd tale?
  你以为我会相信那个荒诞的故事吗？
• It's a tragic tale.
  这是一个凄惨的故事。
• The following tale will clearly illustrate this point.
  接下来的故事将清楚地阐明这一点。
• Few Europeans who had ventured beyond the Himalayas had returned to tell the tale.
  少数几个冒险翻越了喜马拉雅山的欧洲人回来后讲述了这个故事。
• Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory
  写完了具有未来色彩的《女仆的故事》之后，玛格丽特·阿特伍德的第七部小说《猫眼》回归到了人们较熟悉的题材上。
• a tale of life in the fast lane.
  快节奏生活的故事
• He carefully recounts the tale, the microscopic details of those crucial minutes.
  他详细地讲述了事情的经过和在那关键的几分钟里所发生的微小细节。
• Her tale has a consciously youthful tone and storyline, combined with a sly humour.
  她的故事有意采用富于青春气息的笔调和情节，同时还带些调侃。
• 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。