英语词汇“to tell the tale”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to tell the tale.

(a) In various phrases expressing the fact of having survived a dangerous experience and therefore being able to recount or reflect upon it (esp. in to live to tell the tale); also in extended use.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)]

forgec1386

contrivec1400

commentc1450

dissimule1483

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invent1535

fable1553

coin1561

to make upc1650

manufacture1700

to tell the tale1717

fabricate1779

concoct1792

fob1805

mythologize1851

fabulate1856

phoney1940

1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xii. 86 All Troy must perish,..Nor shall a Trojan live to tell the Tale.

1790 E. Umfreville Present State Hudson's Bay 8 It is..surprizing any should be left alive to tell the tale.

1827 N.-Y. Mirror 7 July 400/2 They'll wonder—not that I have loved—But that I've lived to tell the tale.

1875 C. A. Jones Stories for Christian Year VI. 69 She must have gone down sudden like; there ain't a man left to tell the tale.

1915 E. Wharton Let. 12 Jan. (1988) 346 As she walked through the whole length & breadth of the American ambulance, & survived to tell the tale, I take the rosiest view of her health.

1991 G. Burn Alma Cogan (1992) vi. 112 Tony's dead... Ronnie's still around to tell the tale.

2006 Nuts 11 Aug. 10/2 Can you tell how it's going to end? Will everyone get blown away or will they all live to tell the tale?

(b) British colloquial. To tell a false or exaggerated story, esp. in order to evoke a sympathetic response. Now rare or disused.

ΚΠ

1905 A. M. Binstead Mop Fair xii. 208 No art known to moderns..which is netting more money for its artificers than the art of ‘telling the tale’.

1928 Daily Express 15 Dec. 7/4 Moneylender at Bow County Court. What did you tell me when you borrowed the money? Debtor: Oh, we all tell the tale when we want money.

1968 ‘J. le Carré’ Small Town in Germany xiii. 204 He couldn't half tell the tale... He could tell you any bloody tale and you believed it.

1979 R. Blythe View in Winter iv. 175 I'm not tellin' the tale. We all went to the war.

单词	to tell the tale
释义	> as lemmas to tell the tale c. to tell the tale. (a) In various phrases expressing the fact of having survived a dangerous experience and therefore being able to recount or reflect upon it (esp. in to live to tell the tale); also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)] forgec1386 contrivec1400 commentc1450 dissimule1483 devisea1535 invent1535 fable1553 coin1561 to make upc1650 manufacture1700 to tell the tale1717 fabricate1779 concoct1792 fob1805 mythologize1851 fabulate1856 phoney1940 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xii. 86 All Troy must perish,..Nor shall a Trojan live to tell the Tale. 1790 E. Umfreville Present State Hudson's Bay 8 It is..surprizing any should be left alive to tell the tale. 1827 N.-Y. Mirror 7 July 400/2 They'll wonder—not that I have loved—But that I've lived to tell the tale. 1875 C. A. Jones Stories for Christian Year VI. 69 She must have gone down sudden like; there ain't a man left to tell the tale. 1915 E. Wharton Let. 12 Jan. (1988) 346 As she walked through the whole length & breadth of the American ambulance, & survived to tell the tale, I take the rosiest view of her health. 1991 G. Burn Alma Cogan (1992) vi. 112 Tony's dead... Ronnie's still around to tell the tale. 2006 Nuts 11 Aug. 10/2 Can you tell how it's going to end? Will everyone get blown away or will they all live to tell the tale? (b) British colloquial. To tell a false or exaggerated story, esp. in order to evoke a sympathetic response. Now rare or disused. ΚΠ 1905 A. M. Binstead Mop Fair xii. 208 No art known to moderns..which is netting more money for its artificers than the art of ‘telling the tale’. 1928 Daily Express 15 Dec. 7/4 Moneylender at Bow County Court. What did you tell me when you borrowed the money? Debtor: Oh, we all tell the tale when we want money. 1968 ‘J. le Carré’ Small Town in Germany xiii. 204 He couldn't half tell the tale... He could tell you any bloody tale and you believed it. 1979 R. Blythe View in Winter iv. 175 I'm not tellin' the tale. We all went to the war. extracted from tellv. < as lemmas
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