Definition of tale in English:

tale

noun teɪlteɪl

1A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.
故事
a delightful children's tale
tales of witches and warlocks
she enjoyed hearing others tell their tales
Example sentencesExamples
- Set in Edwardian London, the movie starts off with Wendy who narrates harrowing tales of swordplay and Captain Hook, who fears nothing but a ticking clock.
- All the ethnic groups of Uganda have a rich oral tradition of tales, legends, stories, proverbs, and riddles.
- Chloe of the Midnight Storytellers will amuse the guests by recounting tales from myth and legend, as well as adaptations of literary short stories.
- Ghost stories, tales of the supernatural and horror films all scare us via confrontation with the unknown.
- Some stories are much too good to be true, tales so full of emotion and pathos that they compel a journalist to step back and reconsider.
- Elders, by means of recitation of stories, tales, and legends, were also significant teachers.
- Like other Central Asian peoples, the Turkmens have a rich folklore tradition of epic stories, tales, and lyric poems.
- Radio broadcasts and recordings of epic tales and local histories told by leading griots have helped transport this literature into the twenty-first century.
- In traditional storytelling, trickster tales are often greeted with laughter.
- Although the author offers up many intriguing story ingredients and historical tales, she lacks a central driving narrative.
- While it is true that the Hogwarts tales are supposed to appeal to young readers, personnel at bookstalls say that there is no dearth of adult readers who cannot wait to see what Rowling has in store in the new book.
- As a young boy, Andrew Roberts, the leading historian, thrilled to the tales in Our Island Story, and he's delighted that it is now being reprinted.
- Like the myth of Hercules, the legend of Samson is a tale recounted in many cultures.
- Improbable tales of true love overcoming desperate odds are a hallmark of Bollywood, the Indian film genre watched by millions worldwide.
- He can also recount tales of his solo effort through the awesome Atlas mountains in Morocco in addition to his conquering the magnificent but deadly Picos De Europa in North West Spain.
- The authors of classics like Haunted Heartland have returned with a brand new collection of ghost stories and haunted tales from all across the country.
- New research, published yesterday, suggests children's love of contemporary fiction means classic tales are being left on the shelves.
- After the First World War public taste shifted away from the short story to the novel-length tale.
- They carry with them proof of their amazing visits, and can spend much time narrating tales about every photograph and testimonial they carry with them.
- Mary and Tom Coogan's story is an inspirational tale of a true and deep love that conquered tragedy.
Synonyms
story, short story, narrative, anecdote, report, account, record, history
legend, fable, myth, romance, parable, allegory, epic, saga
informal yarn
rumour, gossip, hearsay, slander, talk, allegation, tittle-tattle, libel, story
1. 1.1 A lie.
  谎言
  Example sentencesExamples
  The closeness of being in a packed car allows the trio the chance to swap stories and the lads to fabricate tales of bravado.
  It was thought that children could not possibly fabricate such tales.
  He buys them a drink and tells them his sad story - he has been writing home fictitious tales of his exploits in the corps, and now cannot go home to face the lie.
  He even published dozens of fabricated tales, often using pseudonyms.
  Many of these accounts were embellished, and some of the more lurid tales were pure fabrications.
  The book is full of invented tales and wild exaggerations of documented events.
  Slanderous tales about winners are fabricated by losers.
  Synonyms
  lie, fib, falsehood, story, untruth, fabrication, fiction, piece of fiction
  informal tall story, fairy story/tale, cock and bull story, shaggy-dog story, yarn
2archaic A number or total.
〈古〉总数
an exact tale of the dead bodies
死尸的确切数目。
Example sentencesExamples
- These great and strong lords and knights have come to see what work a man may do without dying: if we are to have yet more days added to our year's tale of lords' labour, then are we lost without remedy.
- Though, forsooth, little matter was it to any man there whether Turk or Magyar was their over-lord, since to one master or another they had to pay the due tale of labouring days in the year, and hard was the livelihood that they earned for themselves on the days when they worked for themselves and their wives and children.

Phrases

a tale of a tub

archaic An apocryphal story.
〈古〉荒诞的故事

tell tales

Gossip about or reveal another person's secrets or wrongdoings.
she sparked a family row after telling tales about her mother on a TV show
Example sentencesExamples
- Indeed, people love to gossip and to tell tales.
- Robert and Kitty are deputizing Isaac to sling some mud at the man telling tales on Robert, and stop the story from spreading.
Synonyms
inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back

Origin

Old English talu 'telling, something told', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch taal 'speech' and German Zahl 'number', also to tell¹. sense 2 is probably from Old Norse.

talk from Middle English:
Talk is from the same root as tale (Old English) and tell. A person who talks incessantly is sometimes said to be able to talk the hind leg off a donkey. Versions of this expression go back to the 19th century but the animal may vary—Cobbett's Weekly Political Register for 1808 has ‘talking a horse's hind leg off’, and in 1879 the novelist Anthony Trollope mentioned talk the hind legs off a dog as an Australian variant. Another way of saying that someone chatters constantly is to accuse them of talking nineteen to the dozen. Presumably the idea is that the person is talking so quickly that they get in 19 words in the time it would take someone else to say a dozen. Nobody seems to know why 19 is the traditional number here, but the phrase has been in this form ever since it was first written down in the late 18th century. The term talking head for a television reporter who is viewed in close-up addressing the camera, is first recorded in the 1960s in the USA. Also American, also from the 1960s, is talk show, a programme in which the presenter talks informally to celebrities.

Rhymes

ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale

Definition of tale in US English:

tale

nounteɪltāl

1A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.
故事
Example sentencesExamples
- Mary and Tom Coogan's story is an inspirational tale of a true and deep love that conquered tragedy.
- After the First World War public taste shifted away from the short story to the novel-length tale.
- Elders, by means of recitation of stories, tales, and legends, were also significant teachers.
- New research, published yesterday, suggests children's love of contemporary fiction means classic tales are being left on the shelves.
- Chloe of the Midnight Storytellers will amuse the guests by recounting tales from myth and legend, as well as adaptations of literary short stories.
- Although the author offers up many intriguing story ingredients and historical tales, she lacks a central driving narrative.
- Like other Central Asian peoples, the Turkmens have a rich folklore tradition of epic stories, tales, and lyric poems.
- In traditional storytelling, trickster tales are often greeted with laughter.
- Like the myth of Hercules, the legend of Samson is a tale recounted in many cultures.
- As a young boy, Andrew Roberts, the leading historian, thrilled to the tales in Our Island Story, and he's delighted that it is now being reprinted.
- The authors of classics like Haunted Heartland have returned with a brand new collection of ghost stories and haunted tales from all across the country.
- Radio broadcasts and recordings of epic tales and local histories told by leading griots have helped transport this literature into the twenty-first century.
- All the ethnic groups of Uganda have a rich oral tradition of tales, legends, stories, proverbs, and riddles.
- They carry with them proof of their amazing visits, and can spend much time narrating tales about every photograph and testimonial they carry with them.
- Ghost stories, tales of the supernatural and horror films all scare us via confrontation with the unknown.
- Some stories are much too good to be true, tales so full of emotion and pathos that they compel a journalist to step back and reconsider.
- He can also recount tales of his solo effort through the awesome Atlas mountains in Morocco in addition to his conquering the magnificent but deadly Picos De Europa in North West Spain.
- Improbable tales of true love overcoming desperate odds are a hallmark of Bollywood, the Indian film genre watched by millions worldwide.
- While it is true that the Hogwarts tales are supposed to appeal to young readers, personnel at bookstalls say that there is no dearth of adult readers who cannot wait to see what Rowling has in store in the new book.
- Set in Edwardian London, the movie starts off with Wendy who narrates harrowing tales of swordplay and Captain Hook, who fears nothing but a ticking clock.
Synonyms
story, short story, narrative, anecdote, report, account, record, history
rumour, gossip, hearsay, slander, talk, allegation, tittle-tattle, libel, story
1. 1.1 A lie.
  谎言
  Example sentencesExamples
  He even published dozens of fabricated tales, often using pseudonyms.
  He buys them a drink and tells them his sad story - he has been writing home fictitious tales of his exploits in the corps, and now cannot go home to face the lie.
  It was thought that children could not possibly fabricate such tales.
  Slanderous tales about winners are fabricated by losers.
  Many of these accounts were embellished, and some of the more lurid tales were pure fabrications.
  The book is full of invented tales and wild exaggerations of documented events.
  The closeness of being in a packed car allows the trio the chance to swap stories and the lads to fabricate tales of bravado.
  Synonyms
  lie, fib, falsehood, story, untruth, fabrication, fiction, piece of fiction, trumped-up story, fake news, alternative fact
2archaic A number or total.
〈古〉总数
an exact tale of the dead bodies
死尸的确切数目。
Example sentencesExamples
- These great and strong lords and knights have come to see what work a man may do without dying: if we are to have yet more days added to our year's tale of lords' labour, then are we lost without remedy.
- Though, forsooth, little matter was it to any man there whether Turk or Magyar was their over-lord, since to one master or another they had to pay the due tale of labouring days in the year, and hard was the livelihood that they earned for themselves on the days when they worked for themselves and their wives and children.

Phrases

tell tales

Make known or gossip about another person's secrets, wrongdoings, or faults.
Example sentencesExamples
- Robert and Kitty are deputizing Isaac to sling some mud at the man telling tales on Robert, and stop the story from spreading.
- Indeed, people love to gossip and to tell tales.
Synonyms
inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back

Origin

Old English talu ‘telling, something told’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch taal ‘speech’ and German Zahl ‘number’, also to tell. tale (sense 2) is probably from Old Norse.

单词	tale
释义	Definition of tale in English: tale noun teɪlteɪl 1A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted. 故事 a delightful children's tale tales of witches and warlocks she enjoyed hearing others tell their tales Example sentencesExamples Set in Edwardian London, the movie starts off with Wendy who narrates harrowing tales of swordplay and Captain Hook, who fears nothing but a ticking clock. All the ethnic groups of Uganda have a rich oral tradition of tales, legends, stories, proverbs, and riddles. Chloe of the Midnight Storytellers will amuse the guests by recounting tales from myth and legend, as well as adaptations of literary short stories. Ghost stories, tales of the supernatural and horror films all scare us via confrontation with the unknown. Some stories are much too good to be true, tales so full of emotion and pathos that they compel a journalist to step back and reconsider. Elders, by means of recitation of stories, tales, and legends, were also significant teachers. Like other Central Asian peoples, the Turkmens have a rich folklore tradition of epic stories, tales, and lyric poems. Radio broadcasts and recordings of epic tales and local histories told by leading griots have helped transport this literature into the twenty-first century. In traditional storytelling, trickster tales are often greeted with laughter. Although the author offers up many intriguing story ingredients and historical tales, she lacks a central driving narrative. While it is true that the Hogwarts tales are supposed to appeal to young readers, personnel at bookstalls say that there is no dearth of adult readers who cannot wait to see what Rowling has in store in the new book. As a young boy, Andrew Roberts, the leading historian, thrilled to the tales in Our Island Story, and he's delighted that it is now being reprinted. Like the myth of Hercules, the legend of Samson is a tale recounted in many cultures. Improbable tales of true love overcoming desperate odds are a hallmark of Bollywood, the Indian film genre watched by millions worldwide. He can also recount tales of his solo effort through the awesome Atlas mountains in Morocco in addition to his conquering the magnificent but deadly Picos De Europa in North West Spain. The authors of classics like Haunted Heartland have returned with a brand new collection of ghost stories and haunted tales from all across the country. New research, published yesterday, suggests children's love of contemporary fiction means classic tales are being left on the shelves. After the First World War public taste shifted away from the short story to the novel-length tale. They carry with them proof of their amazing visits, and can spend much time narrating tales about every photograph and testimonial they carry with them. Mary and Tom Coogan's story is an inspirational tale of a true and deep love that conquered tragedy. Synonyms story, short story, narrative, anecdote, report, account, record, history legend, fable, myth, romance, parable, allegory, epic, saga informal yarn rumour, gossip, hearsay, slander, talk, allegation, tittle-tattle, libel, story 1.1 A lie. 谎言 Example sentencesExamples The closeness of being in a packed car allows the trio the chance to swap stories and the lads to fabricate tales of bravado. It was thought that children could not possibly fabricate such tales. He buys them a drink and tells them his sad story - he has been writing home fictitious tales of his exploits in the corps, and now cannot go home to face the lie. He even published dozens of fabricated tales, often using pseudonyms. Many of these accounts were embellished, and some of the more lurid tales were pure fabrications. The book is full of invented tales and wild exaggerations of documented events. Slanderous tales about winners are fabricated by losers. Synonyms lie, fib, falsehood, story, untruth, fabrication, fiction, piece of fiction informal tall story, fairy story/tale, cock and bull story, shaggy-dog story, yarn 2archaic A number or total. 〈古〉总数 an exact tale of the dead bodies 死尸的确切数目。 Example sentencesExamples These great and strong lords and knights have come to see what work a man may do without dying: if we are to have yet more days added to our year's tale of lords' labour, then are we lost without remedy. Though, forsooth, little matter was it to any man there whether Turk or Magyar was their over-lord, since to one master or another they had to pay the due tale of labouring days in the year, and hard was the livelihood that they earned for themselves on the days when they worked for themselves and their wives and children. Phrases a tale of a tub archaic An apocryphal story. 〈古〉荒诞的故事 tell tales Gossip about or reveal another person's secrets or wrongdoings. she sparked a family row after telling tales about her mother on a TV show Example sentencesExamples Indeed, people love to gossip and to tell tales. Robert and Kitty are deputizing Isaac to sling some mud at the man telling tales on Robert, and stop the story from spreading. Synonyms inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back Origin Old English talu 'telling, something told', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch taal 'speech' and German Zahl 'number', also to tell¹. sense 2 is probably from Old Norse. talk from Middle English: Talk is from the same root as tale (Old English) and tell. A person who talks incessantly is sometimes said to be able to talk the hind leg off a donkey. Versions of this expression go back to the 19th century but the animal may vary—Cobbett's Weekly Political Register for 1808 has ‘talking a horse's hind leg off’, and in 1879 the novelist Anthony Trollope mentioned talk the hind legs off a dog as an Australian variant. Another way of saying that someone chatters constantly is to accuse them of talking nineteen to the dozen. Presumably the idea is that the person is talking so quickly that they get in 19 words in the time it would take someone else to say a dozen. Nobody seems to know why 19 is the traditional number here, but the phrase has been in this form ever since it was first written down in the late 18th century. The term talking head for a television reporter who is viewed in close-up addressing the camera, is first recorded in the 1960s in the USA. Also American, also from the 1960s, is talk show, a programme in which the presenter talks informally to celebrities. Rhymes ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale noun.1 phr. Definition of tale in US English: tale nounteɪltāl 1A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted. 故事 Example sentencesExamples Mary and Tom Coogan's story is an inspirational tale of a true and deep love that conquered tragedy. After the First World War public taste shifted away from the short story to the novel-length tale. Elders, by means of recitation of stories, tales, and legends, were also significant teachers. New research, published yesterday, suggests children's love of contemporary fiction means classic tales are being left on the shelves. Chloe of the Midnight Storytellers will amuse the guests by recounting tales from myth and legend, as well as adaptations of literary short stories. Although the author offers up many intriguing story ingredients and historical tales, she lacks a central driving narrative. Like other Central Asian peoples, the Turkmens have a rich folklore tradition of epic stories, tales, and lyric poems. In traditional storytelling, trickster tales are often greeted with laughter. Like the myth of Hercules, the legend of Samson is a tale recounted in many cultures. As a young boy, Andrew Roberts, the leading historian, thrilled to the tales in Our Island Story, and he's delighted that it is now being reprinted. The authors of classics like Haunted Heartland have returned with a brand new collection of ghost stories and haunted tales from all across the country. Radio broadcasts and recordings of epic tales and local histories told by leading griots have helped transport this literature into the twenty-first century. All the ethnic groups of Uganda have a rich oral tradition of tales, legends, stories, proverbs, and riddles. They carry with them proof of their amazing visits, and can spend much time narrating tales about every photograph and testimonial they carry with them. Ghost stories, tales of the supernatural and horror films all scare us via confrontation with the unknown. Some stories are much too good to be true, tales so full of emotion and pathos that they compel a journalist to step back and reconsider. He can also recount tales of his solo effort through the awesome Atlas mountains in Morocco in addition to his conquering the magnificent but deadly Picos De Europa in North West Spain. Improbable tales of true love overcoming desperate odds are a hallmark of Bollywood, the Indian film genre watched by millions worldwide. While it is true that the Hogwarts tales are supposed to appeal to young readers, personnel at bookstalls say that there is no dearth of adult readers who cannot wait to see what Rowling has in store in the new book. Set in Edwardian London, the movie starts off with Wendy who narrates harrowing tales of swordplay and Captain Hook, who fears nothing but a ticking clock. Synonyms story, short story, narrative, anecdote, report, account, record, history rumour, gossip, hearsay, slander, talk, allegation, tittle-tattle, libel, story 1.1 A lie. 谎言 Example sentencesExamples He even published dozens of fabricated tales, often using pseudonyms. He buys them a drink and tells them his sad story - he has been writing home fictitious tales of his exploits in the corps, and now cannot go home to face the lie. It was thought that children could not possibly fabricate such tales. Slanderous tales about winners are fabricated by losers. Many of these accounts were embellished, and some of the more lurid tales were pure fabrications. The book is full of invented tales and wild exaggerations of documented events. The closeness of being in a packed car allows the trio the chance to swap stories and the lads to fabricate tales of bravado. Synonyms lie, fib, falsehood, story, untruth, fabrication, fiction, piece of fiction, trumped-up story, fake news, alternative fact 2archaic A number or total. 〈古〉总数 an exact tale of the dead bodies 死尸的确切数目。 Example sentencesExamples These great and strong lords and knights have come to see what work a man may do without dying: if we are to have yet more days added to our year's tale of lords' labour, then are we lost without remedy. Though, forsooth, little matter was it to any man there whether Turk or Magyar was their over-lord, since to one master or another they had to pay the due tale of labouring days in the year, and hard was the livelihood that they earned for themselves on the days when they worked for themselves and their wives and children. Phrases tell tales Make known or gossip about another person's secrets, wrongdoings, or faults. Example sentencesExamples Robert and Kitty are deputizing Isaac to sling some mud at the man telling tales on Robert, and stop the story from spreading. Indeed, people love to gossip and to tell tales. Synonyms inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back Origin Old English talu ‘telling, something told’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch taal ‘speech’ and German Zahl ‘number’, also to tell. tale (sense 2) is probably from Old Norse. noun.1 phr.
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