transferred and figurative. A long series of disasters or the like (Greek ἰλιάς κακῶν, Demosthenes); a long story or account.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > long (3) Iliad1609 transferred and figurative. A long series of disasters or the like (Greek ἰλιάς κακῶν, Demosthenes); a long story or account. to spin a yarn1819 to spin a yarn (figurative, originally Nautical slang), to tell a story (usually a long one); also, ‘to pitch a tale’. Hence yarn = a (long) story… saga1935 transferred. A narrative having the (real or supposed) characteristics of the Icelandic sagas; a story of heroic achievement or marvellous… |
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