| 单词 | fable |
| 释义 | fable —fabler, n. /fay"beuhl/, n. , v. , fabled, fabling. n. 1. a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables. 2. a story not founded on fact: This biography is largely a self-laudatory fable. 3. a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend: the fables of gods and heroes. 4. legends or myths collectively: the heroes of Greek fable. 5. an untruth; falsehood: This boast of a cure is a medical fable. 6. the plot of an epic, a dramatic poem, or a play. 7. idle talk: old wives' fables. v.i. 8. to tell or write fables. 9. to speak falsely; lie: to fable about one's past. v.t. 10. to describe as if actually so; talk about as if true: She is fabled to be the natural daughter of a king. [1250-1300; ME fable, fabel, fabul < AF, OF < L fabula a story, tale, equiv. to fa(ri) to speak + -bula suffix of instrument] Syn. 1. See legend. |
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