英语词汇“fable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fable

/ˈfeɪb(ə)l

noun

1A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral: the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox...

Buddha Stories is a collection of animal fables that teach the moral principles of Buddhism.
The book is an anthology of moral fables told by mystics such as Ramakrishna and Ramana Maharshi: an interesting idea for a collection.
The Bible, in keeping with other ancient Near Eastern cultures, includes a book of proverbs, and in the Book of Kings we read of the parable of the trees who gathered to elect a king - a natural rather than an animal fable.

Synonyms

moral tale, parable, apologue, allegory, bestiary

1.1A supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend: he had conjured up a monster fit for any fable...

. Her online papers on fables and myths of the mobile telecom industry are fascinating, and not least because of her creative approach to ethnographic writing.
His stories were enigmatic fables set in the past, and could be understood as veiled political criticism.
This is not a thriller nor a horror story but a fable; despite some of its 20th century trappings, it exists in the world of the Brothers Grimm, one remove from any identifiable time or place.

Synonyms

myth, legend, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, traditional story, tale, story, fairy tale, narrative, romance;

folklore, lore, mythology, fantasy, oral history, tradition, folk tradition, old wives' tales

technical mythos, mythus

informal yarn

1.2 [mass noun] Myth and legend: the unnatural monsters of fable...

Wherever you go in Western France you follow in the footsteps of history, shadowed by myth and legend, with fable and fairy tale snapping at your heels.
Perhaps it's a little too oversimplified - but isn't that the heart of fable and myth… a simple story with a deeper message?

1.3A false statement or belief: believers accused the cosmologists of inventing fables on the birth of the universe...

The personal fable reflects the mistaken belief that one's feelings and experiences are uniquely different from those of others.
I really don't know anything about The Beach Boys other than the fables and tired myths that surround their bandleader.
Then came the latest of the many myths that constitute the fable of the modern American presidency.

verb [no object] archaic

1Tell fictitious tales: I do not dream nor fable...

The wealth of entrepreneurs and capitalists is, whatever the anticapitalistic demagogues may fable, so much inferior to that of kings and princes that they cannot indulge in such luxurious construction.
For a ‘tale, taken from… facts,’ Castle Rackrent's fabling and didacticism are remarkably insistent and cohesive.
Poets may fable of such a will, that it makes the very heavens conform to it.

1.1 [with object] Invent (an incident, person, or story): men soon fabled up their Histories into Miracle and Wonder...

The story may be fabled but the lessons to be learned from Wotan's casual flings are utterly human.
Soon our valley in Somerset was fabled as a kind of nymph-strewn Arcadia.
I went to the fabled Bunny Deli - fabled by me, at least; I've put it in many things I've written.

Derivatives

fabler

/ˈfeɪb(ə)lə

/ noun ...

With less than a billion of his books in print worldwide, Jay Singh is perhaps the most sardonic, perplexing and insightful fabler of our day.
On hillsides overlooking marble white temples, great Greek and the Roman fablers awed their audiences with tales of warriors of battles past and mighty gods of legend who walk amongst us.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French fable (noun), from Latin fabula 'story', from fari 'speak'.

单词	fable
释义	fable /ˈfeɪb(ə)l / noun 1A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral: the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox... Buddha Stories is a collection of animal fables that teach the moral principles of Buddhism. The book is an anthology of moral fables told by mystics such as Ramakrishna and Ramana Maharshi: an interesting idea for a collection. The Bible, in keeping with other ancient Near Eastern cultures, includes a book of proverbs, and in the Book of Kings we read of the parable of the trees who gathered to elect a king - a natural rather than an animal fable. Synonyms moral tale, parable, apologue, allegory, bestiary 1.1A supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend: he had conjured up a monster fit for any fable... . Her online papers on fables and myths of the mobile telecom industry are fascinating, and not least because of her creative approach to ethnographic writing. His stories were enigmatic fables set in the past, and could be understood as veiled political criticism. This is not a thriller nor a horror story but a fable; despite some of its 20th century trappings, it exists in the world of the Brothers Grimm, one remove from any identifiable time or place. Synonyms myth, legend, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, traditional story, tale, story, fairy tale, narrative, romance; folklore, lore, mythology, fantasy, oral history, tradition, folk tradition, old wives' tales technical mythos, mythus informal yarn 1.2 [mass noun] Myth and legend: the unnatural monsters of fable... Wherever you go in Western France you follow in the footsteps of history, shadowed by myth and legend, with fable and fairy tale snapping at your heels. Perhaps it's a little too oversimplified - but isn't that the heart of fable and myth… a simple story with a deeper message? 1.3A false statement or belief: believers accused the cosmologists of inventing fables on the birth of the universe... The personal fable reflects the mistaken belief that one's feelings and experiences are uniquely different from those of others. I really don't know anything about The Beach Boys other than the fables and tired myths that surround their bandleader. Then came the latest of the many myths that constitute the fable of the modern American presidency. verb [no object] archaic 1Tell fictitious tales: I do not dream nor fable... The wealth of entrepreneurs and capitalists is, whatever the anticapitalistic demagogues may fable, so much inferior to that of kings and princes that they cannot indulge in such luxurious construction. For a ‘tale, taken from… facts,’ Castle Rackrent's fabling and didacticism are remarkably insistent and cohesive. Poets may fable of such a will, that it makes the very heavens conform to it. 1.1 [with object] Invent (an incident, person, or story): men soon fabled up their Histories into Miracle and Wonder... The story may be fabled but the lessons to be learned from Wotan's casual flings are utterly human. Soon our valley in Somerset was fabled as a kind of nymph-strewn Arcadia. I went to the fabled Bunny Deli - fabled by me, at least; I've put it in many things I've written. Derivatives fabler /ˈfeɪb(ə)lə / noun ... With less than a billion of his books in print worldwide, Jay Singh is perhaps the most sardonic, perplexing and insightful fabler of our day. On hillsides overlooking marble white temples, great Greek and the Roman fablers awed their audiences with tales of warriors of battles past and mighty gods of legend who walk amongst us. Origin Middle English: from Old French fable (noun), from Latin fabula 'story', from fari 'speak'. Rhymes Abel, able, Babel, cable, enable, gable, label, Mabel, sable, stable, table
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