| 词组 | tale |
| 释义 | tale /teɪl/ noun a story, especially about exciting imaginary eventsadjectives/nouns + talea fairy tale (=a traditional children’s story) It looked like a castle from a fairy tale.a folk tale (=a traditional story) The story is from a book of Scottish folk tales.a cautionary tale (=one that is told to warn someone about the dangers of something) This cautionary tale shows the dangers of trying to make 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.a morality tale (=giving advice on how to behave) The movie is clearly intended as a modern morality tale.verbstell a tale also recount a tale formal He liked telling tales of his adventures in the wilderness.weave/spin a tale formal (=tell or write it) As a writer, she has a talent for weaving a good tale.prepositionsa tale of sth These short stories are tales of greed and selfishness.a tale about sth It is a Japanese tale about a tiny boy who lives in a teacup. |
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