释义
[ teylz, tey -leez ] SHOW IPA
/ teɪlz, ˈteɪ liz / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun Law . (used with a plural verb ) persons chosen to serve on the jury when the original panel is insufficiently large: originally selected from among those present in court.
(used with a singular verb ) the order or writ summoning such jurors.
Origin of tales 1300–50; Middle English <Medieval Latin tālēs (dē circumstantibus ) such (of the bystanders)
Words nearby tales talent, talented, talent scout, talent show, taler, tales , talesman, taleteller, tali-, Taliban, Talibanize
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Example sentences from the Web for tales He was a magician, an invisible teller of tales with the power to make my sides ache without telling a single joke.
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Throughout her career, tales of wild behavior, random sexual encounters and copious drug use have orbited her waifish figure.
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Many students have written to Deresiewicz with tales of similar high-achievement/low-meaning experiences.
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“I love Americans I just hate your government,” he said before regaling me with tales of family visits to the United States.
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If he had written some of the tales he told, and had sold the writing for many dollars, he would have been famous.
The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower
This new intellectual movement was at first purely literary, and affected merely the manner of writing novels, tales , and poems.
Russia | Donald Mackenzie Wallace
Of course Aino tales , like other tales , may also be treated from a literary point of view.
Aino Folk-Tales | Basil Hall Chamberlain
It is significant that there is not a trace of Mariolatry in these tales and fables.
Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories | Anonymous
The important rôle played by the last in tales of the North of Europe has its counterpart in those of the South.
Italian Popular Tales | Thomas Frederick Crane
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British Dictionary definitions for tales noun law (functioning as plural) a group of persons summoned from among those present in court or from bystanders to fill vacancies on a jury panel
(functioning as singular) the writ summoning such jurors
Derived forms of tales talesman , noun Word Origin for tales C15: from Medieval Latin phrase tālēs dē circumstantibus such men from among the bystanders, from Latin tālis such
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Words related to tales account, novel, myth, fable, short story, anecdote, yarn, fiction, narrative, legend, rumor, report, romance, relation, saga, narration, prevarication, lie, falsehood, exaggeration