Tell
/tel/- Tell, William, a legendary hero of the liberation of Switzerland from Austrian oppression. He was required to hit with an arrow an apple placed on the head of his son, which he did successfully. The events are placed in the 14th century, but there is no evidence for a historical person of this name, and similar legends are of widespread occurrence.退尔, 威廉（瑞士传说中从奥地利统治下争取瑞士解放的传奇英雄, 被迫用箭射落置于其子头顶的苹果, 结果成功, 其子安然无恙; 这些事件发生于14世纪, 但无证据表明历史上确有其人, 而类似的传奇故事却广为流传）。