| 单词 | fable |
| 释义 | fable (once / 394 pages) n A fable is a moral tale that often features animal characters. “The Tortoise and the Hare” is a well-known fable whose moral is "Slow and steady wins the race." We often associate fables with the master of them all, Aesop. Among the most famous fables attributed to this storyteller of ancient Greece are "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Fox and the Grapes." But like its cousins tale, myth, and legend, the word fable is also used to describe a deliberate fabrication or fiction. In other words, it can be a polite way to describe a lie. WORD FAMILYfable: fables, fabulist, fabulous+/fabulist: fabulists/fabulous: fabulously USAGE EXAMPLESThe story, first read in its entirety by Sherlock, is based on an ancient Mesopotamian fable that appears in the Babylonian Talmud. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Many of these little fables and ditties are, as the title suggests, about God, or matters concerning God. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) But he’s also a big-picture guy whose favorite movie is “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Frank Capra’s dark fable about disappointment, community and second chances. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a short moral story (often with animal characters) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper allegory, apologue, parable Pilgrim's Progress an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678 Aesop's fables a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop story a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events 2n a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events Syn|Hypo|Hyper legend Arthurian legend the legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelot story a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events 3n a deliberately false or improbable account Syn|Hypo|Hyper fabrication, fiction canard a deliberately misleading fabrication falsehood, falsity, untruth a false statement |
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