tale
n.
1. 传说[闻], 故事; 报告, 记述; 流言蜚语, 谎话
2. [古]算或数(数目); 计算, 记帐; 总数, 总和
tell the tale of one's experiences
讲述自己的经历
nursery tale [fairytale]
童话
spin tall tales
捏造骗人的鬼话
old wives'tales [pipers'tales, travellers'tales,a tale of a tub,tales of the long bow]
荒诞故事; 无稽之谈
fairy tale
神话, 童话; 不真实的故事; 谎??
n.[C]
1. 故事,传说;叙述
Grandpa told the children the tales of his childhood.
爷爷给孩子们讲他童年的故事。
Children shouldn't tell tales.
孩子不应该撒谎。
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。
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。
Children shouldn't tell tales.
小孩子不应该说谎。
Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is a literary classic.
狄更斯的《双城记》是文学名著。
You hear all sorts of tales.
各种流言蜚语满天飞.
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。
Their love story sounds like a fairy tale.
他们的爱情故事听起来像童话。
I've heard some odd tales about her.
我听到些关於她的怪事.
名词tale
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
2. a trivial lie
同义词
n. 故事,传说;叙述
名复：tales
tale-teller
n. 讲故事的人; (背后)讲别人坏话的人
taletelling
n. 讲故事; 讲人坏话; [古]总数
tale
adj. 搬弄是非的
talecarrier
n. =bearer
talebearer
n. 搬弄是非的人
talebearing
n. 搬弄是非
So runs the tale.
据说 如此; 传说 如此。
a twice-told tale
陈旧的故事, 尽人皆知的事情
tell tales (out of school)
1. 背后讲人坏话, 搬弄是非; 揭人隐私; 做小广播
2. 泄露内部机密; 告密[发]
So runs the story.
据说 如此; 传说 如此。
tell one's tale
讲述自身经历; 发表意见
tell the tale
1. 编造虚假的故事
2. 捏造不幸的遭遇
3. 编造事实搪塞过去
pray a tales
【律】请求补足陪审员之缺额; 请求陪审员全体出席
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.
[谚]好故事不妨讲两遍。
tell its own tale
不说 自明, 不?远??
tell a tale
说明了问题; 揭露了内情