| 单词 | beast fable |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeast fable C2. As a modifier, designating a fable or story, typically with a moral, in which animals are depicted with human traits or behaviours, as in beast fable, beast tale, etc.Cf. beast epic n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun] > beast-fable beast fable1859 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > other fictional narrative > [noun] > story involving animals beast epic1850 beast tale1951 1822 New Monthly Mag. 4 20 Not the least interesting in the collection are the beast stories, those in which animals support the principal characters. 1859 G. W. Dasent Pop. Tales from Norse (ed. 2) in R. M. Dorson Peasant Customs (1968) II. 589 The Beast-Fables in the Pantcha Tantra. 1947 J. R. R. Tolkien On Fairy-stories (1975) 68 If children have any special leaning it is to the Beast-fable, which adults often confuse with Fairy-story. 1951 B. Dickins & R. M. Wilson Early Middle Eng. Texts 62 The comparative lack of beast tales in ME is particularly surprising when contrasted with their popularity abroad. 2009 New Yorker 21 Dec. 140/3 For the pilgrim's stories, Chaucer used the standard genres of the period: the romance, the sermon, the beast fable, the saint's life, the fabliau (bawdy tale), among others. < as lemmas |
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