fables

英 [ˈfeɪblz]

美 [ˈfeɪbəlz]

n.  寓言; 寓言故事; 谎言; 不实之词; 无稽之谈
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柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 寓言
  Afableis 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。
• N-VAR 谣传;无稽之谈
  You can describe a statement or explanation that is untrue but that many people believe asfable.
  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

双语例句

• Perhaps stories such as this are fables that suggest the need for a reconciliation between civilisation and the wild.
  类似的故事或许表明文明社会和荒野需要和解。
• There is plenty of Philosophy in aesop's fables.
  《伊索寓言》含蕴着丰富的哲理。
• The stories are called Aesop's Fables.
  这些故事叫伊索寓言。
• Some of his more than 200 fables were adapted from Aesop, but most were original.
  他一生写了200多个寓言故事，其中一些来自《伊索寓言》，但是大多数都是原创。
• "Aesop's Fables" is one of my favorite extra-curricular reading books.
  《伊索寓言》这本书是我最喜爱读的课外书之一。
• A person who tells or invents fables.
  寓言的讲述者或创造者。
• His fables are some of the most well known in the world.
  他的寓言是某些最知名在世界上。
• Films also appeared on the fables and legends of China's national minorities.
  此间的影片也有以中国少数民族传说为题材的。
• The nether world is where the souls are managed in Chinese fables.
  阴司是中国神话中管理鬼魂的地方。
• I nevermaybelieve these antique fables.
  我永远不会相信这些古老的寓言。