| 单词 | traveller's tale |
| 释义 | > as lemmastraveller's tale traveller's tale n. (also travellers' tale) a story about a person's travels or about the unusual characteristics, customs, etc., of a distant or foreign place, typically regarded as exaggerated or untrue; cf. to play (also tip) the traveller at Phrases. ΚΠ 1747 W. Stith Hist. Virginia iii. 126 Captain Matthew Somers..had made advantageous Relations of Bermudas. But these were little credited at first, and looked upon, as mere Traveller's Tales. 1913 M. Baring Lost Diaries xvii. 177 The doctor..scoffed at the idea of the sea serpent, which, he said, was a travellers' tale. 2004 Sunday Tribune (Dublin) (Nexis) 21 Nov. 41 He also tells exotic traveller's tales about remote..shops where dishevelled owners have preserved human hands for sale in glass jars. < as lemmas |
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