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fable n.寓言；神话；无稽之谈v.讲寓言；虚构 (1) 寓言常以动物为主角。(2) 我们可以把关于约伯的故事当作历史或者当作神话。(3) 我们应当学会识别真伪。(4) 他编造自己的身世。 We often associate fables with the master of them all, Aesop. Among the most famous fables attributed to this storyteller of ancient Greece are "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Fox and the Grapes." But like its cousins tale, myth, and legend, the word fable is also used to describe a deliberate fabrication or fiction. In other words, it can be a polite way to describe a lie.

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英 ['feɪbl] 美 ['feɪbl] (1) Fables often have animals as the main characters.(2) We may take the story of Job for a history or a fable.(3) We have to learn to distinguish fact from fable.(4) He fabled about his lot. A fable is a moral tale that often features animal characters. “The Tortoise and the Hare” is a well-known fable whose moral is "Slow and steady wins the race." 1[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。2[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

英语单词	fable
英美音标	英 ['feɪbl] 美 ['feɪbl]
中文释义	n.寓言；神话；无稽之谈 v.讲寓言；虚构
英语例句	(1) Fables often have animals as the main characters. (2) We may take the story of Job for a history or a fable. (3) We have to learn to distinguish fact from fable. (4) He fabled about his lot.
中文例句	(1) 寓言常以动物为主角。 (2) 我们可以把关于约伯的故事当作历史或者当作神话。 (3) 我们应当学会识别真伪。 (4) 他编造自己的身世。
vocabulary简明	A fable is a moral tale that often features animal characters. “The Tortoise and the Hare” is a well-known fable whose moral is "Slow and steady wins the race."
vocabulary扩展	We often associate fables with the master of them all, Aesop. Among the most famous fables attributed to this storyteller of ancient Greece are "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Fox and the Grapes." But like its cousins tale, myth, and legend, the word fable is also used to describe a deliberate fabrication or fiction. In other words, it can be a polite way to describe a lie.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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

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