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tale n.故事；叙述；传说v.谈论，讲述，搬弄是非； (1) 他们的爱情故事听起来像童话。(2) 这是个令人心痛的故事。(3) 我们听他们讲述撒哈拉沙漠的生活经历。(4) 我们笑着谈论此则故事，但对人类来说，情形也差不多一样。(5) 传说中鲛人泪可以化为珍珠。(6) 美猴王是个离奇的传说，结尾有意想不到的波折。(7) 那是一个以几种语言叙述的古老的故事。

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英 [teɪl] 美 [teɪl] (1) Their love story sounds like a fairy tale.(2) This is a tale that wring the heart.(3) We listened to their tales about life in the Sahara Desert.(4) We laugh over this tale, but it's becoming almost as true of people.(5) According to the tale, the tears of shark-people can be turned into pearls.(6) The Monkey King' is an extraordinary tale with a strange twist at the end.(7) It's an ancient tale which appears in various guises in several languages. 1[N-COUNT； N-IN-NAMES 名称名词；名称名词](常包含魔法或惊险内容的)传说，故事 A tale is a story, often involving magic or exciting events. ...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...由短篇故事、诗歌和传说汇成的作品集Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday.《城市故事》的第一、二集将于星期二两集连播。2[N-COUNT 可数名词](对真人真事精彩的或夸张的)描述，讲述 You can refer to an interesting, exciting, or dramatic account of a real event as a tale .   [usu with supp]The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday's earthquake.媒体上尽是星期一发生的地震所带来的恐惧和损失的报道。...a property analyst, full of cheery tales about soaring share prices and new capital pouring into property companies.总是兴高采烈地描述着股票价格飙升和新资本源源不断注入房地产公司的房地产分析师3See also:fairy tale；old wives’ tale；tall tale；  4[PHRASE 短语]大难不死；逃过劫难；幸免于难 If you survive a dangerous or frightening experience and so are able to tell people about it afterwards, you can say that you lived to tell the tale .   [V inflects]You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.你这次算是逃过了一劫，不过谁知道你的运气还会持续多久呢？5[PHRASE 短语]See also:tell-tale；造谣；泄密 If someone tells tales about you, they tell other people things about you which are untrue or which you wanted to be kept secret.   [V inflects]I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。

英语单词	tale
英美音标	英 [teɪl] 美 [teɪl]
中文释义	n.故事；叙述；传说 v.谈论，讲述，搬弄是非；
英语例句	(1) Their love story sounds like a fairy tale. (2) This is a tale that wring the heart. (3) We listened to their tales about life in the Sahara Desert. (4) We laugh over this tale, but it's becoming almost as true of people. (5) According to the tale, the tears of shark-people can be turned into pearls. (6) The Monkey King' is an extraordinary tale with a strange twist at the end. (7) It's an ancient tale which appears in various guises in several languages.
中文例句	(1) 他们的爱情故事听起来像童话。 (2) 这是个令人心痛的故事。 (3) 我们听他们讲述撒哈拉沙漠的生活经历。 (4) 我们笑着谈论此则故事，但对人类来说，情形也差不多一样。 (5) 传说中鲛人泪可以化为珍珠。 (6) 美猴王是个离奇的传说，结尾有意想不到的波折。 (7) 那是一个以几种语言叙述的古老的故事。
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT； N-IN-NAMES 名称名词；名称名词](常包含魔法或惊险内容的)传说，故事 A tale is a story, often involving magic or exciting events. ...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales... 由短篇故事、诗歌和传说汇成的作品集 Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday. 《城市故事》的第一、二集将于星期二两集连播。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](对真人真事精彩的或夸张的)描述，讲述 You can refer to an interesting, exciting, or dramatic account of a real event as a tale . [usu with supp] The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday's earthquake. 媒体上尽是星期一发生的地震所带来的恐惧和损失的报道。 ...a property analyst, full of cheery tales about soaring share prices and new capital pouring into property companies. 总是兴高采烈地描述着股票价格飙升和新资本源源不断注入房地产公司的房地产分析师 3 See also:fairy tale ；old wives’ tale ；tall tale ； 4 [PHRASE 短语]大难不死；逃过劫难；幸免于难 If you survive a dangerous or frightening experience and so are able to tell people about it afterwards, you can say that you lived to tell the tale . [V inflects] You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck. 你这次算是逃过了一劫，不过谁知道你的运气还会持续多久呢？ 5 [PHRASE 短语]See also:tell-tale ；造谣；泄密 If someone tells tales about you, they tell other people things about you which are untrue or which you wanted to be kept secret. [V inflects] I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague. 我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。

Tale S Property Phrase 短语 People Lived [V