tale meaning in 中文 | English Dictionary

📖 释义

noun
故事; 闲话; 谎言; 计数; 告状; 长篇大论

EN: A narrative or story, especially one that is imaginative, fictional, or traditional, often passed down through oral tradition or written literature.; A report or account of events or experiences, often involving gossip, rumor, or scandal; a piece of idle talk or malicious gossip.; A lie or falsehood; a deliberately untrue statement told to deceive.; A count or number; a reckoning or tally of items.; A malicious report or complaint made about someone, especially to an authority figure; an act of informing on someone.; A long or elaborate narrative, often one that is tedious or exaggerated; a tall tale.

可数复数: tales

fairy taletall talefolk taletale of woetell a taleold wives' tale

talebearertelltalestoryteller

storynarrativeaccountyarnfableanecdote

tail

EN: 'tail' refers to the rear appendage of an animal or the back end of something; 'tale' is a story or narrative.

zh: 'tail' 指动物的尾部或某物的后端；'tale' 指故事或叙述。

tell

EN: 'tell' is a verb meaning to communicate information; 'tale' is a noun meaning a story.

zh: 'tell' 是动词，意为传达信息；'tale' 是名词，意为故事。

EN: Do not confuse 'tale' (a story) with 'tail' (the rear part of an animal). They are homophones but have entirely different meanings.

zh: 不要将 'tale'（故事）与 'tail'（动物的后部）混淆。它们是同音词，但含义完全不同。

She told her children a fairy tale before bed every night.

她每天晚上睡前都会给孩子们讲一个童话故事。
He spread tales about his neighbors to anyone who would listen.

他逢人便说邻居的闲话。
The boy was caught telling tales to his parents about where he had been.

那个男孩被父母发现他编造了自己去过哪里的谎话。
The tale of the sheep in the flock came to exactly one hundred.

羊群的数量恰好是一百只。
The younger child ran to his mother to tell tales on his brother.

小孩子跑去跟妈妈告他哥哥的状。
He regaled us with a long tale of his adventures in the mountains.

他给我们讲了一大段他在山里的冒险经历。