fable

n.

寓言，童话；传说；无稽之谈；人人谈论的话题

v.

讲故事，编寓言；虚构，杜撰；煞有介事地讲；

复数：fables过去式：fabled过去分词：fabled现在分词：fabling第三人称单数：fables

1. Fables often have animals as the main characters.
   寓言常以动物为主角。
2. The following passage was quoted from a well-known fable.
   接下来这一段是出自一篇有名的寓言。
3. We may take the story of Job for a history or a fable.
   我们可以把关于约伯的故事当作历史或者当作神话。
4. We have to learn to distinguish fact from fable.
   我们应当学会识别真伪。

1. He fabled about his lot.
   他编造自己的身世。

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THe Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits
Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable
BREWER'S 'DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE'
The Commodity-Consumer Price Connection: Fact or Fable?
CITYSCAPE AS MORAL FABLE: THE PLACE OF JEWISH HISTORY AND AMERICAN SOCIAL REALISM IN BERNARD MALAMUD'S IMAGINATION