| 单词 | a canterbury tale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa Canterbury Tale b. In phrases, as a Canterbury Tale, old wives' tales, pipers' tales, travellers' tales, a tale of Robin Hood, tale of a roasted horse, tale of a tub (see tub n.1), etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of > rambling tale tale of a tub1532 cock-and-bull story1670 blind story1699 peramble1824 shaggy dog story1937 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400 tale of a tub1532 Canterbury tale or story?a1550 romanza1622 romance1638 onea1642 Robin Hood tale1653 cock-and-bull story1670 stretcher1674 whid1794 fish-story1819 snake story1826 screamer1831 twister1834 ráiméis1835 Munchausen1840 skyscraper1840 Munchausenism1848 cock1851 snake yarn1891 furphy1916 fanny1930 the old ackamarackus1933 windy1933 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > false or foolish spellc888 triflea1250 truffc1430 tale of a roasted horse1532 fairy story1687 pipe story1890 fairy tale1896 pishogue1931 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 576/1 Thys is a fayre tale of a tubbe tolde vs of hys electes. ?a1556 in H. Jenkyns Remains T. Cranmer (1833) II. 266 If we take it for a Canterbury tale, why do we not refuse it? 1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. T.iiiiv The verse that is to easie is like a tale of a rosted horse. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xlv. cv. 391 This is a tale indeed of Robinhood, Which to beleeue, might show my wits but weake. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. C2 Tush these are trifles and meere olde wiues tales. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 259 To interprete these to be eyther fables and Canterburie-tales, or true historicall narrations. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Cicogne Contes de la cicogne, idle histories; vaine relations; tales of a tub, or, of a rosted horse. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iii. 170 Fained leasings and tales of Robin hood. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 102 Having entertained the Fellow with a Tale of a Tub. < as lemmas |
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