tale

英 [teɪl] 美[tel]

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近义词tale folk legend account yarn narrative fairy story myth epic fable saga

n. 故事；传说；叙述；流言蜚语
n. (Tale)人名；(塞)塔莱

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中文词源

tale 故事，历险记，讲述，叙述

来自古英语 talu,计算，数数，故事，寓言，来自 Proto-Germanic*talo,计算，告知，来自 PIE*del, 瞄准，计算，思考，词源同 tell,teller,talk.

词态变化

复数: tales;

英文词源

tale: tale: [OE] A tale is etymologically something that is ‘told’. The word is descended from a prehistoric Germanic *talō, a derivative of the base *tal-, which also produced English talk and tell. Of its Germanic relatives, German zahl, Dutch getal, Swedish antal, and Danish tal all mean ‘number’, reflecting a secondary meaning ‘reckoning, enumeration’ which once existed in English, perhaps as an introduction from Old Norse (it survives in the related teller ‘counter of votes’ and all told).
=> talk, tell
tale (n.): Old English talu "series, calculation," also "story, tale, statement, deposition, narrative, fable, accusation, action of telling," from Proto-Germanic *talo (cognates: Dutch taal "speech, language," Danish tale "speech, talk, discourse," German Erzählung "story," Gothic talzjan "to teach"), from PIE root *del- (2) "to recount, count." The secondary Modern English sense of "number, numerical reckoning" (c. 1200) probably was the primary one in Germanic; see tell (v.), teller and Old Frisian tale, Middle Dutch tal, Old Saxon tala, Danish tal, Old High German zala, German Zahl "number."

The ground sense of the Modern English word in its main meaning, then, might have been "an account of things in their due order." Related to talk (v.) and tell (v.). Meaning "things divulged that were given secretly, gossip" is from mid-14c.; first record of talebearer "tattletale" is late 15c.

双语例句

1. The story ascends from a gothic tragedy to a miraculous fairy-tale.: 故事从一个哥特式悲剧升华为神奇的童话。

2. Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.: 罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的故事。

3. He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.: 他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。

4. She was like a princess in a fairy tale.: 她就像童话里的公主。

5. a cautionary tale about the problems of buying a computer: 有关购买计算机时可能遇到种种问题的告诫

英英释意

1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;: "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

2. a trivial lie;: "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

考试真题

This is Aesop, the fabulist ( ' , 寓言家 ), the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships, He says.

Nearly every business has a sad tale to tell.

The word serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who 4twere always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of.

Venus has long been held up as a cautionary tale for everything that could go wrong on a planet like Earth.

Along the way are tales of kings and queens, hot air balloons...and monkeys in space.

I once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl's writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful words.

Send us a tale about the strange behaviour of unique pets or wildlife in up 300 words.

These problems partly involve Brooks's attempt to translate his tale into science.

实用场景例句

Dickens' ‘A Tale of Two Cities ’: 狄更斯的《双城记》

a fairy/moral/romantic, etc. tale: 童话、寓言、爱情故事等

I love listening to his tales of life at sea.: 我喜欢听他讲述他的海上生活。

I've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house.: 我听说有人在那栋房子里见到过鬼。

The team's tale of woe continued on Saturday (= they lost another match) .: 上星期六这支队又遭败绩。

Her experiences provide a cautionary tale (= a warning) for us all.: 她的经历成了我们大家的前车之鉴。

...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。

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

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？

I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.: 我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。

I'll be revenged on the whole lot of you for this.: 这个仇我是要报的,你们一个也逃不了.

They can't work off that tale on us.: 他们那套鬼话骗不了我们.

What he said sounded like a fairy tale.: 他说的听上去简直像一篇神话.

There is no denying his tale.: 他说的话是无可否认的.

It is nothing but a traveller's tale.: 这只不过是海外奇谈.

A pat tale aroused a big laugh.: 一个贴切适时的故事引起一阵大笑.

The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale.: 讲故事的人一步步展开故事情节,孩子们都听得入迷了.

Thereby hangs a tale.: 其中有点蹊跷[必有原因].

A long tale gives a child fidgets.: 太长的故事会使小孩子烦躁不安.

Do you expect me to credit that absurd tale?: 你想我会相信那个荒谬绝伦的谎言吗 ?

He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour.: 他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事.

Each of the survivors had a terrible tale to tell.: 每一个幸存者都有一番恐怖的经历可讲.

Is there anybody who can tell a fairy tale?: 有人能讲童话故事吗 ?

It's a tragic tale.: 这是一个凄惨的故事.

She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.: 她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事.

a cautionary tale about the problems of buying a computer: 有关购买计算机时可能遇到种种问题的告诫

Jan Roberts weaves a compelling tale which traps a young woman in a world run by the Mafia.: 简·罗伯茨编了一个引人入胜的故事，诱骗一位年轻女性进入了黑手党的地盘。

Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.: 罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的故事。

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