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tale

Word family adjectivetalefulnountalebearertalebearingtale
Related topics: Literature, Folklore
tale /teɪl/ ●●● W3 noun [countableC]   tail
1 ALSTORYa story about exciting imaginary events 故事
tale of
 tales of adventure
探险故事
 a book of old Japanese folk tales (=traditional stories)
日本古老民间故事书
 a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
安徒生的一则童话
 a cautionary tale (=one that is told to warn people about the dangers of something)
警示故事
see thesaurus at story
2 STORYa description of interesting or exciting things that happened to someone, often one which is not completely true about every detail 〔未必完全真实的〕陈述;传说,传闻
tale of/about
 tales of her life in post-war Berlin
有关她在战后柏林生活的传闻
tale of/about how
 He was in the middle of telling me a long tale about how he once met Bob Dylan.
他正在和我絮絮叨叨地讲他有一次遇见红人队主教练的事。
3 tell tales British EnglishBrELIE to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone else has done 打小报告 SYN American English tattle
tell tales to
 Don’t go telling tales to the teacher!
不要向老师打小报告!
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4 tale of woe SAD/UNHAPPY
a) a description of events that made you unhappy 令人伤心[悲惨]的故事
b) a series of bad things that happened to someone 连续发生的不幸
 The England team’s tale of woe continued, and they lost the next three games.
英格兰队的悲剧继续上演,接下去的三场比赛他们又输了。
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fairy tale, → old wives’ tale at old(24)
nCOLLOCATIONSMeanings 1 & 2
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + tale
a fairy tale
It looked like a castle in a fairy tale.
a folk tale (=a traditional story)
a book of Scottish folk tales
a cautionary tale (=one that is told to warn someone about the dangers of something)
This cautionary tale illustrates the dangers of looking for quick profits.
a tall tale (=one that is difficult to believe and unlikely to be true)
She enjoyed making up tall tales to tell the children.
verbs
tell a tale
He liked telling tales of his adventures in the wilderness.
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Origin tale
Old English talu
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