tale
noun /teɪl/
/teɪl/
Idioms - 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
成年/道德故事 - tale of something The story is a classic tale of love and betrayal.
这个故事是一个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.
他的新书是一部关于会说话的动物的令人愉快的儿童故事。
Homophones tail | taletail tale/teɪl//teɪl/- tail noun
- The peacock fans out its magnificent tail to attract females.
孔雀张开它华丽的尾巴来吸引雌性。
- The peacock fans out its magnificent tail to attract females.
- tail verb
- A spy is sent to tail the family and find out everything they do.
一个间谍被派去跟踪这个家庭，了解他们所做的一切。
- A spy is sent to tail the family and find out everything they do.
- tale noun
- She told the children the tale of the tortoise and the hare.
她给孩子们讲了乌龟和兔子的故事。
- She told the children the tale of the tortoise and the hare.
Topics Literature and writingb2- 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
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- rambling
- familiar
- …
- narrate
- recount
- regale somebody with
- …
- begin
- unfold
- concern somebody/something
- …
- tale about
- tale of
- a tale of woe
- (have) a tale to tell
- tell tales
- …
- a coming-of-age/morality tale
- 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。
- 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
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- rambling
- familiar
- …
- narrate
- recount
- regale somebody with
- …
- begin
- unfold
- concern somebody/something
- …
- tale about
- tale of
- a tale of woe
- (have) a tale to tell
- tell tales
- …
- I love listening to his tales of life at sea.
词源Old 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
- 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
an old wives’ tale
- (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
- 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，这些数据讲述了一个不同的故事。
- These drugs are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story.
tell its own tale/story
- 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。
- Her face told its own story.
tell tales (about something/on somebody)
- to tell somebody about something that another person has done wrong
揭人短处；说长道短