n.(名词)

1. 故事
2. 谎话
3. 坏话
4. 流言蜚语
5. 叙述
6. 谣言
7. 捏造的话
8. 闲话
9. 计数
10. 总数
11. 讲述
12. 传说
13. 总计
14. 计算
15. 滑石粉
16. 传言
17. 谎言
18. 塔莱（音译名）

v.(动词)

1. 谈论，讲述，搬弄是非

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

Noun:

1. 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;

   "his narrative was interesting"
   "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
   

2. a trivial lie;

   "he told a fib about eating his spinach"
   "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
   

1.(常包含魔法或惊险内容的)传说，故事
Atale is a story, often involving magic or exciting events.

e.g. ...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...
由短篇故事、诗歌和传说汇成的作品集
e.g. 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。

2.(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 .

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...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

3. see also: fairy tale;old wives’ tale;tall tale

4.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 .

e.g. You lived to tell thetale 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？

5.造谣;泄密
If someonetells tales about you, they tell other people things about you which are untrue or which you wanted to be kept secret.

e.g. I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.
我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。

1. 寓言：male男性 |tale寓言 | stale陈旧的,陈腐的

2.

2. 故事,传说：take 拿,拿走;做;服用;乘坐;花费 |tale 故事,传说 | ▲talent 天才,才干,天资

Their love story sounds like a fairy tale.

他们的爱情故事听起来像童话。

This is a tale that wring the heart.

这是个令人心痛的故事。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Dickens' 'u2018A tale of Two Cities 'u2019

狄更斯的《双城记》

a fairy'/moral'/romantic, etc. tale

童话、寓言、爱情故事等

I love listening to his tales of life at sea.

我喜欢听他讲述他的海上生活。

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。

The team's tale of woe continued on Saturday (= they lost another match) .

上星期六这支队又遭败绩。

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。

...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...

由短篇故事、诗歌和传说汇成的作品集

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。

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。

...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

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？

I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.

我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。

I'll be revenged on the whole lot of you for this.

这个仇我是要报的,你们一个也逃不了.

They can't work off that tale on us.

他们那套鬼话骗不了我们.

What he said sounded like a fairy tale.

他说的听上去简直像一篇神话.

There is no denying his tale.

他说的话是无可否认的.

It is nothing but a traveller's tale.

这只不过是海外奇谈.

A pat tale aroused a big laugh.

一个贴切适时的故事引起一阵大笑.

The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale.

讲故事的人一步步展开故事情节,孩子们都听得入迷了.

Thereby hangs a tale.

其中有点蹊跷[必有原因].

A long tale gives a child fidgets.

太长的故事会使小孩子烦躁不安.

Do you expect me to credit that absurd tale?

你想我会相信那个荒谬绝伦的谎言 吗 ?

He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour.

他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事.

Each of the survivors had a terrible tale to tell.

每一个幸存者都有一番恐怖的经历可讲.

Is there anybody who can tell a fairy tale?

有人能讲童话故事 吗 ?

It's a tragic tale.

这是一个凄惨的故事.

She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.

她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事.

a cautionary tale about the problems of buying a computer

有关购买计算机时可能遇到种种问题的告诫

Jan Roberts weaves a compelling tale which traps a young woman in a world run by the Mafia.

简·罗伯茨编了一个引人入胜的故事，诱骗一位年轻女性进入了黑手党的地盘。

Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.

罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的故事。

1. She was reading tales of adventures.
   她在读冒险故事。
2. This is a folk tale.
   这是一个民间传说。

动词+～

• tale">believe sb's tale相信某人的传闻

形容词+～

• tale">absorbing tale极有趣的故事

～+介词

• tale%20about%20ghosts">tale about ghosts鬼故事

• Mr. Oakroyd plunged into his tale, beginning with his adventures..and ending with Leonard's letter.

  出自：J. B. Priestley

• Bernard poured out the tale of his miseries.

  出自：Aldous Huxley

n.(名词)

tale, account, anecdote, fable, legend, myth, story

这组词都可表示叙事性的文字。其区别是：

1.account, fable, legend, myth, story, tale是一般用词; anecdote是正式用词。

2.account指对于某事的详细说明,原原本本,有头有尾,多用于报道事实; story指取悦于人的完整故事,有人物,有情节,有头有尾,可口头也可书面,可真实也可虚构,体裁上则既可为诗体,也可为散文体; anecdote指轶事趣闻,一般较短,有趣味; fable指寓言,主人公多为拟人化的动物或非生物,多为虚构,旨在说明一个道理或教训,而寓言则多在结尾处点明; legend 指民间传说或传奇故事,多含虚幻成分; myth指神话,特指与宗教或原始文明有关的故事,多以超人的力量去解释自然现象或人生; tale指故事或传说,即或有事实根据也多添枝加叶或夸张,含荒唐不可信的意味。

novel，romance，fiction，story，fable，tale

这些名词均含“小说、故事”之意。

novel指任何有情节、人物、对白的虚构长篇散文体故事。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的talu，意为故事。