[N-VAR 可变名词]寓言 A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters.
...the fable of the tortoise and the hare...
龟兔赛跑的寓言
Each tale has the timeless quality of fable.
每个故事都有其永恒的寓意。
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[N-VAR 可变名词]谣传;无稽之谈 You can describe a statement or explanation that is untrue but that many people believe as fable .
Is reincarnation fact or fable?
转世轮回是确有其事还是无稽之谈?
...little-known horticultural facts and fables.
有关园艺的鲜为人知的事实和谬传
Oxford
fable/ˈfeɪbl; NAmEˈfeɪbl/noun1[countable , uncountable ]a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially one with animals as characters; these stories considered as a group 寓言;寓言故事◆Aesop's Fables伊索寓言◆a land rich in fable寓言之乡2[uncountable , countable ]a statement, or an account of sth, that is not true 谎言;不实之词;无稽之谈fablefablesfabledfablingfable/ˈfeɪbl; NAmEˈfeɪbl/
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fablefa‧ble /ˈfeɪbəl/ noun
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Thesaurus
1[countable] a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals: the fable of the fox and the crow► see thesaurus at
story
2[uncountable] fables or other traditional stories: monsters of fable
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fable
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寓言(70%),神话(13%),无稽之谈(9%),虚构(6%),讲寓言(2%)
n.寓言;无稽之谈
vt.煞有介事地讲述;虚构
vi.编寓言;虚构
n.(Fable)人名;(法)法布勒;(英)费布尔
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