英 [teɪl] 美 [teɪl]
n. 故事，传说；（对真人真事精彩的或夸张的）描述，讲述；谎言；流言蜚语
复数tales
tale /teɪl/ CET4 TEM4
A tale is a story, often involving magic or exciting events. 故事 (常包含神奇的或令人激动的事件)
...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales.
…一部由故事、诗歌和民间传说构成的作品集。
可数名词 You can refer to an interesting, exciting, or dramatic account of a real event as a tale. (对真实事件的有趣的、令人激动的、戏剧性的) 描述
The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday's earthquake.
媒体上已充斥着对星期一地震造成的恐怖和损失的种种描述。
→see alsofairy tale
a trivial lie
同义词： fib / story / tarradiddle / taradiddle
故事-引用次数：100
Generally speaking, allegory is completed by the tale having some plot or referringsimilar case.
一般来说,讽谕需要具有一定情节的故事或陈述类似事例。
参考来源唐代讽谕文研究
故事
C，叙事文学：即有故事(TALE)，又有叙述人(TELL．ER)。它侧重于表现时间流中的人生经验，或者说侧重在时间流程中展现人生的履历。
... story故事 tale故事，传说；童话 window窗户；计算机的窗口 ...
... passenger-driver communication tell-tale 无线电话信号灯 radio communication sytem tell-tale 空气滤清器警报灯 air filter tell-tale 机油滤清器警报灯 ...
taleteller 讲故事的人；搬弄是非者；揭人隐私者（等于talebearer）
He listened to my tale of woe.
他听了我悲伤的故事。
She unfolded her tale to us.
她向我们倾吐了她的故事。
He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.
他把它讲成了一个格外错综复杂的故事。
She is best known for her novel "The Tale of Despereaux" about a little mouse who has some big adventures.
VOA : special.2009.10.12
He occupies in this passage every subject position of the fairy tale: the nurse, the hounds and the king.
他在这段中加入了童话的要素：,如保护者，猎犬和国王。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
We have the dialectic of suspense on the one hand, how will this be resolved, and inevitability on the other, "Oh, it's a folk tale, it'll be resolved, don't worry about it."
我们一方面有悬念的对立，就不可避免地会有，另一个方面，即这个会怎样解决，“哦，这是个传说，这会解决的，不用担心它“
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life.
VOA : special.2009.11.28
Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale."
VOA : special.2009.02.21
It is a charming tale that any traveller with a healthy wanderlust would like to experience.
The whole tale of how people use the river is all there, at your feet.
Nobody wants to become the next cautionary tale splayed across the pages of Forbes.