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Fable Story ˈfeɪbl Teaches Moral Animals Noun Traditional

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[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 ; NAmE ˈfeɪbl / noun 1 [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 fable fables fabled fabling fable / ˈfeɪbl ; NAmE ˈfeɪbl /
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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

[ˈfeɪbl]

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fables[381]
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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