🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
TOEFL BNC: 2493 COCA: 2239

tale

Word family 
Related topics: Literature, Folklore
tale /teɪl/ ●●● W3 noun [countableC]   → tail
1  ALSTORYa story about exciting imaginary events 故事
tale of
 tales of adventure
探险故事
 a book of old Japanese folk tales (=traditional stories)
日本古老民间故事书
 a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
安徒生的一则童话
 a cautionary tale (=one that is told to warn people about the dangers of something)
警示故事
► see thesaurus at story
2  STORYa description of interesting or exciting things that happened to someone, often one which is not completely true about every detail 〔未必完全真实的〕陈述；传说，传闻
tale of/about
 tales of her life in post-war Berlin
有关她在战后柏林生活的传闻
tale of/about how
 He was in the middle of telling me a long tale about how he once met Bob Dylan.
他正在和我絮絮叨叨地讲他有一次遇见红人队主教练的事。
3  tell tales British EnglishBrELIE to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone else has done 打小报告 SYN American English tattle
tell tales to
 Don’t go telling tales to the teacher!
不要向老师打小报告！
Examples from the Corpus
tell tales• Daisy Venables, you naughty girl, have you been telling tales again?• According to the children, telling tales on each other was as bad as cheating.• Nearly anyone who had been in an iron lung could tell tales of being stranded without breathing help.• Edwin was long on charm but short on substance, was the feeling; he told tales a bit too deftly.• "Mum, Daniel's broken a plate." "Don't tell tales, dear."• Of course, Albee is quite accustomed to telling tales about vicious people stuck in broken relationships.• No child should be put in the powerful position of having to tell tales on another child.• No one to tell tales, then.• I don't want to tell tales out of school.
4  tale of woe SAD/UNHAPPY
a) a description of events that made you unhappy 令人伤心[悲惨]的故事
b) a series of bad things that happened to someone 连续发生的不幸
 The England team’s tale of woe continued, and they lost the next three games.
英格兰队的悲剧继续上演，接下去的三场比赛他们又输了。
Examples from the Corpus
tale of woe• He bore a tale of woe from the Old World.• His morose ruminations were interrupted by Benny Katz, who wanted anyone he could find to listen to his tale of woe.• Their musical tales of woe and spiritual import were needed more than ever.• I spend a lot of time recounting tales of woe from friends and readers, but this one is my own.
→ fairy tale, → old wives’ tale at old(24)
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + tale
a fairy tale
It looked like a castle in a fairy tale.
a folk tale (=a traditional story)
a book of Scottish folk tales
a cautionary tale (=one that is told to warn someone about the dangers of something)
This cautionary tale illustrates the dangers of looking for quick profits.
a tall tale (=one that is difficult to believe and unlikely to be true)
She enjoyed making up tall tales to tell the children.
verbs
tell a tale
He liked telling tales of his adventures in the wilderness.
Examples from the Corpus
tale• 'Treasure Island' - a tale of pirates and adventure• During breaks, the group tells presentation disaster tales.• Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales• But her unbalanced monologues feel a bit artificial, her present tragedy less gripping than her tale of the past.• Her story received enormous media coverage, perhaps because many people were fascinated with this incredible tale of political transformations.• But as James' tale develops, it assumes complexity.• She told us many tales about when our father was a child.• Aline's insight underlined my conviction on holiday that this was one tale not for retelling.• In other words, the critical key to James's tales is provided by the tales themselves.• All the same, signalmen can be a fund of unexpected tales and it is always interesting to hear their stories.
cautionary tale• As a cautionary tale this book works very well.• Tootle seems to be essentially a cautionary tale, warning the child to stay on the narrow road of virtue.• It is a cautionary tale told with sad humour on the border between innocence and togetherness.• That is why she offers a cautionary tale about the parent traps facing all women.• I suspect it was a cautionary tale.• Other revelations serve as cautionary tales about the importance of subordinating military officials to civilian authority.• Thank you for your cautionary tale Richard.
telling ... tale• You are always telling me tales of him rebuking you.• He was standing with three friends and telling a tale in which he'd conned some adversary into covering a dubious investment.• In telling his tale of the 30s Brendon paints a vivid and vigorous canvas.• All these are antisemitic texts, telling a tale of conspiracy only slightly more sophisticated than the Protocols.• Of course, Albee is quite accustomed to telling tales about vicious people stuck in broken relationships.• I expect he was telling a tale, but even this made him a very disagreeable character.
Origin tale
Old English talu
tale noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
LDOCE Online
Chinese
Corpus
TOEFL BNC: 2493 COCA: 2239
tale

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + TALE | TALE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤long, rambling冗長的／沒頭沒腦的冗長故事▸➤familiar熟悉的故事▸➤amazing, bizarre, curious, extraordinary, fantastic, magical, marvellous/marvelous, strange令人驚異的故事；奇異的傳說；不可思議的故事；奇妙的傳說▸➤awful, sad, sorry, terrible, tragic令人不快的／淒慘的／令人難過的／駭人的／悲慘的故事◇the sorry tale of his marriage breakdown他婚姻破裂的傷心往事➤chilling, gruesome, hair-raising, harrowing, horror, macabre令人不寒而慄的／駭人聽聞的／令人汗毛直豎的／令人痛不欲生的／恐怖／令人毛骨悚然的故事▸➤lurid, sordid, tawdry聳人聽聞的／骯髒的／粗俗的故事▸➤dark陰鬱的故事◇a dark tale of sexual obsession關於性痴迷的淒慘故事➤mysterious, spooky神秘的／陰森恐怖的故事▸➤funny, humorous, witty (especially BrE) 妙趣橫生的／幽默的／詼諧的故事▸➤fascinating, interesting引人入勝的／有趣的故事▸➤heart-warming暖人心房的故事▸➤simple簡單的故事▸➤fanciful, incredible, tall, unlikely (especially BrE) 虛無縹緲的／難以置信的／荒誕不經的／不大可信的故事◇a tall tale that would fool no one一個沒人會信的荒誕故事➤true真實的故事▸➤old wives'無稽之談▸➤coming-of-age, rags-to-riches成長的／白手起家的故事◇the rags-to-riches tale of an orphan who becomes a star一個孤兒由貧到富成為明星的故事➤epic, heroic史詩／英雄故事◇an epic tale of courage and heroism一個充溢着勇氣和英雄氣概的史詩故事➤cautionary, moral, morality警世／寓言／道德故事▸➤classic, folk, old, traditional經典／民間／古老／傳統故事▸➤childhood童年故事▸➤fairy (often figurative) 童話故事◇Winning the French Open was a fairy-tale end to her career.法國公開賽折桂為她的職業生涯書寫了一個童話般的結局。➤gothic, romantic哥特式／浪漫故事▸➤original原來的故事VERB + TALE➤narrate, recount, regale sb with, relate, tell (sb)講故事；以故事逗某人開心；（給某人）講故事◇She regaled us with tales of her wild youth.她講述她青年時的荒唐事，逗我們開心。➤hear聽故事▸➤make up, spin, weave虛構／編造／杜撰故事▸➤read, write閱讀／寫作故事▸➤begin開始一個故事TALE + VERB➤begin故事開始▸➤unfold故事展開▸➤concern sb/sth, involve sb/sth故事與⋯相關；故事牽涉⋯▸➤be set in...故事發生在⋯◇a tale set in 19th-century Moscow發生在 19 世紀莫斯科的故事➤be based on sth故事以⋯為基礎PREPOSITION➤tale about關於⋯的故事◇a tale about a hungry snake飢餓的蛇的故事➤tale of⋯的故事◇tales of adventure冒險故事◇the strange tale of the man who sold his hair一個賣掉自己頭髮的男人的離奇故事PHRASES➤a tale of woe (= about failure, bad luck, etc.) （有關失敗、厄運等的）悲慘故事▸➤(have) a tale to tell有故事要講◇Each of the survivors had a terrible tale to tell.每一個幸存者都有一個恐怖的故事可講。➤tell tales (= to say things about sb that are untrue or that they would prefer to be secret) (BrE) 搬弄是非；揭人隱私
TOEFL BNC: 2493 COCA: 2239
tale noun
⇨ story 1
TOEFL BNC: 2493 COCA: 2239
tale
Types of story or play: adaptation, allegory, anecdote...
Descriptions and stories: description, story, picture...

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime