tale
n. 傳說,傳言; (尤指充滿驚險的)故事; 壞話,謠言; 〈古〉計算,總計
A tale is a story, often involving magic or exciting events.
...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...
由短篇故事、詩歌和傳說匯成的作品集
Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday.
《城市故事》的第一、二集將於星期二兩集連播。
You can refer to an interesting, exciting, or dramatic account of a real event as a tale .
The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday's earthquake.
媒體上盡是星期一發生的地震所帶來的恐懼和損失的報道。
...a property analyst, full of cheery tales about soaring share prices and new capital pouring into property companies.
總是興高采烈地描述著股票價格飆升和新資本源源不斷注入房地產公司的房地產分析師
If you survive a dangerous or frightening experience and so are able to tell people about it afterwards, you can say that you lived to tell the tale .
You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.
你這次算是逃過了一劫,不過誰知道你的運氣還會持續多久呢?
If someone tells tales about you, they tell other people things about you which are untrue or which you wanted to be kept secret.
I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.
我猶豫了,不想說同事的壞話。
1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;
2. a trivial lie;
novel, romance, fiction, story, fable, tale
這些名詞均含"小說,故事"之意。
a tale of a tub
(古)荒誕的故事
tell tales
They can't work off that tale on us.
他們那套鬼話騙不了我們.
What he said sounded like a fairy tale.
他說的聽上去簡直像一篇神話.
There is no denying his tale.
他說的話是無可否認的.
It is nothing but a traveller's tale.
這只不過是海外奇談.
A pat tale aroused a big laugh.
一個貼切適時的故事引起一陣大笑.