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tale

noun
 
🔊/teɪl/
🔊/teɪl/
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  1.  
     a story created using the imagination, especially one that is full of action and adventure（尤指充满惊险的）故事；历险记
    • a coming-of-age/morality tale一个成年/道德故事
    • tale of something The story is a classic tale of love and betrayal.这个故事是关于爱情和背叛的经典故事。
    • Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’狄更斯的《双城记》
    • His latest book is a delightful children’s tale about talking animals.他的最新著作是一部有关说话动物的令人愉快的儿童故事。
    see also fairy tale, folk tale
    Homophones tail | taletail   tale
    🔊/teɪl/
    🔊/teɪl/
    • tail noun
      • The peacock fans out its magnificent tail to attract females.孔雀呈扇形散开，吸引着雌性。
    • tail verb
      • A spy is sent to tail the family and find out everything they do.间谍被派去监视家庭，并查明他们所做的一切。
    • tale noun
      • She told the children the tale of the tortoise and the hare.她告诉孩子们乌龟和野兔的故事。
    Extra Examples
    • It's a moral tale about a baker and a shoemaker.这是一个关于面包师和鞋匠的道德故事。
    • a dark tale of sexual obsession关于性痴迷的凄惨故事
    • a tale about a hungry snake饥饿的蛇的故事
    • a tale set in 19th-century Moscow发生在 19 世纪莫斯科的故事
    • an epic tale of courage and heroism一个充溢着勇气和英雄气概的史诗故事
    • tales of adventure冒险故事
    • the curious tale of the man who sold his hair一个卖掉自己头发的男人的离奇故事
    • the rags-to-riches tale of an orphan who becomes a star一个孤儿由贫到富成为明星的故事
    Topics Literature and writingb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • rambling
    • familiar
    • …
    verb + tale
    • narrate
    • recount
    • regale somebody with
    • …
    tale + verb
    • begin
    • unfold
    • concern somebody/​something
    • …
    preposition
    • tale about
    • tale of
    phrases
    • a tale of woe
    • (have) a tale to tell
    • tell tales
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
     tale (of something) an exciting spoken description of an event, which may not be completely true（精彩但不一定完全真实的）讲述，叙述
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • She regaled us with tales of her wild youth.她讲述她青年时的荒唐事，逗我们开心。
    • 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。🔊🔊
    see also telltale
    Extra Examples
    • 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。
    • the sorry tale of his marriage breakdown他婚姻破裂的伤心往事
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • rambling
    • familiar
    • …
    verb + tale
    • narrate
    • recount
    • regale somebody with
    • …
    tale + verb
    • begin
    • unfold
    • concern somebody/​something
    • …
    preposition
    • tale about
    • tale of
    phrases
    • a tale of woe
    • (have) a tale to tell
    • tell tales
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginOld English talu ‘telling, something told’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch taal ‘speech’ and German Zahl ‘number’, also to tell.
Idioms
live, etc. to tell the tale
  1. to survive a difficult or dangerous experience so that you can tell others what really happened幸免于难之后向人讲述真实经历Topics Dangerc2
an old wives’ tale
  1. (disapproving) an old idea or belief that people now know is not correct 不经之谈；不科学的陈腐思想
tell a different story/tale
  1. to give some information that is different from what you expect or have been told说的情况迥然不同；讲出来的是另一回事
    • These drugs are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story.这些药物被广泛认为是有效的药物。然而，这些数据却讲述了一个不同的故事。
tell its own tale/story
  1. to explain itself, without needing any further explanation or comment不言而喻；不释自明；无须解释
    • Her face told its own story.看她的面部表情，就什么都明白了。🔊🔊
tell tales (about something/on somebody)
  1. to tell somebody about something that another person has done wrong揭人短处；说长道短 related noun telltale