tale
n
1 narrative or story 故事: `fairy tales 神話
tales of adventure 冒險故事.
2 report spread by gossip, often false or invented 傳言; 傳聞; 流言蜚語
I've heard some odd tales about her. 我聽到些關於她的怪事.
You hear all sorts of tales. 各種流言蜚語滿天飛.
3 (idm 習語) dead men tell no tales => dead. live, etc to tell the tale => tell. an old wives' tale => old. tell its own tale => tell. tell tales => tell. thereby hangs a tale => hang1.
?? 考研助記
他(ta)樂(le)聽 傳說和 故事 tale=tell a (story): 寓言
?? 擴展釋義
*[teil]n. 故事, 謊言, 謠言, 陳述, 敘述【法】 虛語, 誹語, 謠言相關詞組: tell its own tale tell the tale a tale of a tub