tale
noun
teɪl
noun
1
a
story
about
exciting
imaginary
events
故事
[+
of
]
tales
of
adventure
a
book
of
old
Japanese
folk
tales
(=traditional
stories)
a
fairy
tale
by
Hans
Christian
Andersen
a
cautionary
tale
(=one
that
is
told
to
warn
people
about
the
dangers
of
something)
探险故事 有关日本古老民间故事的书 安徒生的童话 警告
tales
of
adventure
探险故事
a
book
of
old
Japanese
folk
tales
(=traditional
stories)
有关日本古老民间故事的书
a
fairy
tale
by
Hans
Christian
Andersen
安徒生的童话
a
cautionary
tale
(=one
that
is
told
to
warn
people
about
the
dangers
of
something)
警告
2
a
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
[+
of/about
]
tales
of
her
life
in
post-war
Berlin
有关她在战后柏林的生活传闻
tale
of/about
how
He
was
in
the
middle
of
telling
me
a
long
tale
about
how
he
once
met
the
Redskins’
manager.
他正在大谈特谈，告诉我他有一次怎么遇上了红人队的主教练。
3
tell tales
to
tell
someone
in
authority
about
something
wrong
that
someone
else
has
done
[英] 打小报告;
BrE AmE
[+
to
]
Don’t
go
telling
tales
to
the
teacher!
不要向老师打小报告！
4
tale of woe
a.
a
description
of
events
that
made
you
unhappy
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.
英格兰队噩运不断，接下去的三场比赛他们又输了。