fable
英：[ˈfeɪbl] 美： [ˈfebəl]
fable 基本解释
n.寓言，童话；传说；无稽之谈；人人谈论的话题
v.讲故事，编寓言；虚构，杜撰；煞有介事地讲；
变形
复数：fables过去式：fabled过去分词：fabled现在分词：fabling第三人称单数：fables
双语释义
n.(名词)[C]寓言 a short story that teaches a lesson of moral and that often has animals as speaking characters
[U]神话，传说 such stories and legends considered as a group
英英释义
fable[ 'feibl ]
n.a deliberately false or improbable account同义词：fabricationfiction
a short moral story (often with animal characters)同义词：parableallegoryapologue
a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events同义词：legend
fable 相关例句
同近义词辨析
story, tale, fiction, fable, romance, novel这组词都有“小说，故事”的意思，其区别是：
story指篇幅较短，常包含一系列情节或事件，口述或书写成文的故事。
tale常可与story换用，指以事实为中心作叙述的故事，也指古代流传下来的传说故事或神话故事。
fiction指部分或全部虚构的短篇、中篇、长篇小说，也指传奇故事，是小说的总称。
fable指短小而寓有教育意义的虚构故事。故事的主人公多为拟人化的动物或非动物之类。也作传说解。
romance系novel早期的代用词，泛指具有强烈神话和传奇色彩的故事，现指爱情故事。
novel指任何有情节、人物、对白，虚构的长篇散文体故事。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)- Fables often have animals as the main characters.
寓言常以动物为主角。 - The following passage was quoted from a well-known fable.
接下来这一段是出自一篇有名的寓言。 - We may take the story of Job for a history or a fable.
我们可以把关于约伯的故事当作历史或者当作神话。 - We have to learn to distinguish fact from fable.
我们应当学会识别真伪。
用作动词(v.)- He fabled about his lot.
他编造自己的身世。
权威例句
The Fable of the BeesMatthew: Effect or Fable?The Fable of the Bees: An Economic InvestigationThe fable of the bees: Private vices, publick benefits.Fable: A Language for Enforcing User-defined Security PoliciesTHe Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Publick BenefitsBrewer's dictionary of phrase and fableBREWER'S 'DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE'The Commodity-Consumer Price Connection: Fact or Fable?CITYSCAPE AS MORAL FABLE: THE PLACE OF JEWISH HISTORY AND AMERICAN SOCIAL REALISM IN BERNARD MALAMUD'S IMAGINATION
