单词 | tale |
释义 | tale nounadjective | verb + tale | tale + verb | preposition | phrases adjective➤long, rambling冗长的/没头没脑的冗长故事▸➤familiar熟悉的故事▸➤amazing, bizarre, curious, extraordinary, fantastic, magical, marvellous/marvelous, strange令人惊异的故事;奇异的传说;不可思议的故事;奇妙的传说▸➤awful, sad, sorry, terrible, tragic令人不快的/凄惨的/令人难过的/骇人的/悲惨的故事◆the sorry tale of his marriage breakdown他婚姻破裂的伤心往事➤chilling, gruesome, hair-raising, harrowing, horror, macabre令人不寒而栗的/骇人听闻的/令人汗毛直竖的/令人痛不欲生的/恐怖/令人毛骨悚然的故事▸➤lurid, sordid, tawdry耸人听闻的/肮脏的/粗俗的故事▸➤dark阴郁的故事◆a dark tale of sexual obsession关于性痴迷的凄惨故事➤mysterious, spooky神秘的/阴森恐怖的故事▸➤funny, humorous, witty (especially bre) 妙趣横生的/幽默的/诙谐的故事▸➤fascinating, interesting引人入胜的/有趣的故事▸➤heart-warming暖人心房的故事▸➤simple简单的故事▸➤fanciful, incredible, tall, unlikely (especially bre) 虚无缥缈的/难以置信的/荒诞不经的/不大可信的故事◆a tall tale that would fool no one一个没人会信的荒诞故事➤true真实的故事▸➤old wives'无稽之谈▸➤coming-of-age, rags-to-riches成长的/白手起家的故事◆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➤epic, heroic史诗/英雄故事◆an epic tale of courage and heroism一个充溢着勇气和英雄气概的史诗故事➤cautionary, moral, morality警世/寓言/道德故事▸➤classic, folk, old, traditional经典/民间/古老/传统故事▸➤childhood童年故事▸➤fairy (often figurative) 童话故事◆winning the french open was a fairy-tale end to her career.法国公开赛折桂为她的职业生涯书写了一个童话般的结局。➤gothic, romantic哥特式/浪漫故事▸➤original原来的故事verb + tale➤narrate, recount, regale sb with, relate, tell (sb)讲故事;以故事逗某人开心;(给某人)讲故事◆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。➤hear听故事▸➤make up, spin, weave虚构/编造/杜撰故事▸➤read, write阅读/写作故事▸➤begin开始一个故事tale + verb➤begin故事开始▸➤unfold故事展开▸➤concern sb/sth, involve sb/sth故事与⋯相关;故事牵涉⋯▸➤be set in...故事发生在⋯◆a tale set in 19th-century moscow发生在 19 世纪莫斯科的故事➤be based on sth故事以⋯为基础preposition➤tale about关于⋯的故事◆a tale about a hungry snake饥饿的蛇的故事➤tale of⋯的故事◆tales of adventure冒险故事◆the strange tale of the man who sold his hair一个卖掉自己头发的男人的离奇故事phrases➤a tale of woe (= about failure, bad luck, etc.) (有关失败、厄运等的)悲惨故事▸➤(have) a tale to tell有故事要讲◆each of the survivors had a terrible tale to tell.每一个幸存者都有一个恐怖的故事可讲。➤tell tales (= to say things about sb that are untrue or that they would prefer to be secret) (bre) 搬弄是非;揭人隐私tale [countable] (especially written) an imaginative story, especially one that is full of action and adventure; an exciting spoken description of an event, which may not be completely true(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◆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鬼。◆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 moral or cautionary tale is one that makes people think about right and wrong. * moral tale 或 cautionary tale 指让人们明辨是非的故事。tale/teɪl ||; tel/noun[c] 1. a story about events that are not real 虚构的故事: ◇fairy tales 神话 2. a report or description of sb/sth that may not be true 故事;报告;陈述;传闻: ◇i've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house. 我听过有人在那幢房子里看到鬼的传闻。 talesee ⇨ story 1 • • •• ⇨ old wives' tale• ⇨ story/tale tale /tel; teɪl/n [c]a story about imaginary events 故事:◇a book of fairy tales 童话书 ☞ tale |
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