| 单词 | fabled |
| 释义 | fabled (once / 3582 pages) adj Something that's fabled is very well-known through stories or word-of-mouth, especially for its excellence or rarity. It's worth planning an all-day visit to a museum with a fabled art collection. Some fabled things are legendary by virtue of having actual legends, fables, or myths mention them. You might read about the fabled Greek gods, for example. Other things or people are fabled because you've heard them mentioned in conversation — their reputation proceeds them, like your dad's fabled chocolate chip cookies. Coined around 1600, fabled first meant "invented" or "unreal," from the Latin root fabula, "story." WORD FAMILYfabled USAGE EXAMPLESIts pilots’ strike has become the latest example of how the fabled competence of German conglomerates has fallen into crisis. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) But Lufthansa is also the latest example of how the fabled efficiency and competence of some major German companies have fallen into crisis. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) But the moon, which seduces the grandfather with its promises of escape and redemption, presents its fabled “dark side” to his raving wife. Slate(Nov 30, 2016) adj celebrated in fable or legend the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox Syn legendary unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria |
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