| 单词 | fable |
| 释义 | fable noun[CorU] uk/ˈfeɪ.bəl/us/ˈfeɪ.bəl/ashortstorythattellsageneraltruthor is onlypartlybasedonfact, orliteratureof thistype: 寓言；寓言故事the fable of thetortoiseand thehare龟兔赛跑的寓言故事 Accounts and stories
fable| American Dictionaryfable noun[C] us/ˈfeɪ·bəl/literature ashortstorythattellsamoraltruth, often usinganimalsascharacters: Latishalovesthe fable about thegrasshopperand theant. Examplesoffablefable The first volume contained mostly stories and fables about animals, the scientific conversations were in the third volume, and the moral tales in the fourth. From theCambridge English Corpus No longer afableof antique curiosity, the riddle expressed the urgent need for reform. From theCambridge English Corpus The doubling of props was further matched by the characters' frequent transitions between the worlds of domesticity andfable. From theCambridge English Corpus Stars used to be grouped byfableand narrative while later they were grouped by spectral class. From theCambridge English Corpus The performative impact of fables derives from the fact that until recently they were part of the school child's curriculum and were learned by rote. From theCambridge English Corpus And he gave us no thanks for the favors and the many thoughts, because, full of himself, he hawked afable. From theCambridge English Corpus He rather considers thefableas a sort of moral example. From theCambridge English Corpus What unifies the action of thefableso that it forms a whole is the moral sentence it offers to intuition. From theCambridge English Corpus He argues that in their moral treatises, theologians and great philosophers have often effectively employed incredible fables that were patently untrue. From theCambridge English Corpus Surely, we would banish such a report to the realm of fables. From theCambridge English Corpus Other tableaux were more directly based on fables and folk-tales. From theCambridge English Corpus This suggests that the compilers had in mind a two-part work, one an allegoricalfable, the other a historical narrative. From theCambridge English Corpus Natural histories had begun to aim for objectivity and raged against myths and fables. From theCambridge English Corpus Evidence that does not fit their preconceptions is more likely to be dismissed as misleading (fantasy,fable, fib or fiction). From theCambridge English Corpus I look down towards his feet; but that's afable. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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