fable

noun

1. 寓言；寓言故事
   a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially one with animals as characters; these stories considered as a group
   1. Aesop's Fables
      伊索寓言
   2. a land rich in fable
      寓言之乡
2. 谎言；不实之词；无稽之谈
   a statement, or an account of sth, that is not true

1. N-VAR 寓言
   A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters.
   1. ...the fable of the tortoise and the hare...
      龟兔赛跑的寓言
   2. Each tale has the timeless quality of fable.
      每个故事都有其永恒的寓意。
2. N-VAR 谣传;无稽之谈
   You can describe a statement or explanation that is untrue but that many people believe as fable .
   1. Is reincarnation fact or fable?
      转世轮回是确有其事还是无稽之谈？
   2. ...little-known horticultural facts and fables.
      有关园艺的鲜为人知的事实和谬传

1. The old fable continues to echo down the centuries.
   这则古老的寓言流传了数个世纪。
2. Each tale has the timeless quality of fable.
   每个故事都有其永恒的寓意。
3. Is reincarnation fact or fable?
   转世轮回是确有其事还是无稽之谈？
4. The fate of many British designers calls to mind the fable of the tortoise and the hare.
   许多英国设计师的命运令人想起了龟兔赛跑的故事。
5. The fable is given on the next page.
   这篇寓言登在下一页上。
6. He had some motive in telling this fable.
   他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
7. The course is about fable and legend in modern literature.
   这门课专讲现代文学中的神话和传奇作品。
8. To facilitate communication, the father told the son a fable about a puppet.
   为了使沟通变得更容易，父亲对儿子讲了一个有关一个木偶的寓言。
9. This fable is called 'the wind and the sun'.
   这个寓言叫风和太阳。
10. I regard your expression as a kind of poem and fable.
    把你的表情当作诗歌和寓言。
11. Celebrated in fable or legend.
    神话和传说中的著名人或物。
12. But the lesson of the fable is that the wolf did come, the third time.
    但寓言给我们的教训是，第三次的时候狼真的来了。
13. Zhang Wei has produced a lot of fictional writings with the earth and nature as objects of narration such as Seven Kinds of Mushrooms, My Pastoral Land and The September Fable.
    张炜创作了很多以大地和自然作为叙事对象的小说，其中《蘑菇七种》、《我的田园》和《九月寓言》是有代表性的作品。
14. The problem I have with this old fable about corks breathing is that it's pure nonsense.
    这个问题我已经老寓言与此有关瓶塞呼吸是，它的纯胡说八道。
15. An imaginary being of myth or fable.
    神话或传说中的想象动物。
16. Can be said that this work is a fable about a successful life.
    可以说，这部作品是一个关于成功人生的寓言。
17. Yet life is more complex than in Aesop's fable.
    然而生活比伊索寓言更复杂。
18. "Zhuang-zi" a book narrative manner and the standpoint have the fable present true feelings.
    《庄子》一书的叙事态度和立场是具有寓言的现实感的。
19. An anthropologist write a treatise on some of these fable.
    一位人类学家写了一部关於这些寓言的专著。
20. This surrealistic fable is based on the Adam and Eve story.
    这一超现实寓言改编自亚当和夏娃的故事。
21. This Aesop's Fable tells us: Acquaintance softens prejudices.
    这则伊索寓言告诉我们：熟识淡化了偏见。
22. Fable spirit was one of the important characteristics of Chinese ancient opera creation.
    寓言精神是中国古代戏曲创作的重要特征之一。
23. Unlike the dog of Aesop's fable, we should not allow ourselves to be fooled by false appearances.
    和伊索寓言中的那只狗不同，我们不应该使自己被一些假象所愚弄。
24. Satirical Poetry, Lyric Poetry, Verse Fable and Prose Poetry.
    讽刺诗，抒情诗，寓言诗和散文诗；
25. Interesting use fable, humor and lyrical other ways to obtain.
    趣味性可采用寓言、幽默和抒情等表现手法来获得。
26. This fable criticizes those ignorant and arrogant people.
    这则寓言讽刺了那些孤陋寡闻，又盲目自大的人。
27. Right away they wrote an English song about the fable.
    她们马上写了一首有关那寓言的英文歌。
28. Everybody in the west knows the fable of the grasshopper and the ant.
    西方人都知道蚱蜢和蚂蚁的寓言故事。
29. You excuse me, I daresay, but you remind me of that fable.
    我敢说，你得原谅我，但是你使我想起了那个寓言。
30. This is a fable about a man and a Satyr
    这是一个关於一个男人和萨梯的寓言

  fiction fable novel romance story tale【导航词义：故事】

  fiction n. 小说

〔辨析〕指人物与情节均为虚构的文学作品。

  fable n. 寓言故事

〔辨析〕指篇幅短小、旨在道德教化的传统故事，尤指动物寓言故事。

  novel n. 小说

〔辨析〕指长篇小说。

  romance n. 爱情故事；传奇故事

〔辨析〕特指这两类小说，作后者解时尤指旧时创作或以古代为背景的传奇故事。

  story n. 故事，小说

〔辨析〕指意在娱乐大众的叙事性文学作品，其内容可能是真实的，也可能是虚构的。

  tale n. 故事

〔辨析〕指虚构的惊险刺激的故事。

noun

1. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

   Synonym:    legend

2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)

   Synonym:    parableallegoryapologue

3. a deliberately false or improbable account

   Synonym:    fabricationfiction