tale

复数：tales

1. [C]故事 a story of imaginary events, especially of an exciting kind
2. [C]传言; 谣言 a report or description

• believe sb's tale相信某人的传闻

• absorbing tale极有趣的故事

• tale about ghosts鬼故事

fairy tale神话故事，童话；谎言

folk tale民间故事

tell the tale编讲悲惨的往事

nursery tale童话

tell a tale ◎揭露内情 , ◎说明情况

tall tale n. 吹牛，说大话；夸张的故事，荒诞的故事

old wives' tale无稽之谈；愚蠢的迷信（尤指老妇人所持的）

1. Their love story sounds like a fairy tale.
   他们的爱情故事听起来像童话。
2. This is a tale that wring the heart.
   这是个令人心痛的故事。
3. We listened to their tales about life in the Sahara Desert.
   我们听他们讲述撒哈拉沙漠的生活经历。
4. We laugh over this tale, but it's becoming almost as true of people.
   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. According to the tale, the tears of shark-people can be turned into pearls.
   传说中鲛人泪可以化为珍珠。
6. The Monkey King' is an extraordinary tale with a strange twist at the end.
   美猴王是个离奇的传说，结尾有意想不到的波折。
7. It's an ancient tale which appears in various guises in several languages.
   那是一个以几种语言叙述的古老的故事。