单词 | tale-telling |
释义 | > as lemmasˈtale-ˌtelling ˈtale-ˌtelling n. and adj. (a) n. the telling of tales, story-telling; (b) adj. that tells tales or stories. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun] > narration or story-telling taling1382 storyingc1449 narrationc1450 tale-telling1556 storytelling1681 narrative1843 yarn-spinning1867 narrativity1971 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 116 Thus the harlot bewrayeth him self in his owne tale telling. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xviii. 16 The broad-glaring eye of the tale-telling day. 1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea iv. 54 One is winked at for a tale-telling traveller, if one says what I am saying now. 1898 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. x. i The wild stories which float through mediæval tale-telling. < as lemmas |
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