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单词 fabulist
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fable /fāˈbl/

noun
  1. A narrative in which things irrational and sometimes inanimate are, for the purpose of moral instruction, made to act and speak with human interests and passions
  2. Any tale in literary form, not necessarily probable in its incidents, intended to instruct or amuse
  3. The plot or series of events in an epic or dramatic poem (archaic)
  4. A fiction or myth
  5. A ridiculous story, an old wives' tale
  6. A falsehood
  7. Subject of common talk
intransitive verb
  1. To tell fictitious tales
  2. To tell lies (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To feign
  2. To invent
  3. To relate as if true
ORIGIN: Fr fable, from L fārī to speak

fāˈbled adjective

  1. Mythical
  2. Well-known, celebrated
  3. Feigned

fāˈbler noun

fāˈbling noun and adjective

fabular /fabˈū-lər/ adjective

fabˈulist noun

  1. A person who invents fables
  2. A liar

fabˈulize or fabˈulise intransitive verb

To write fables or to speak in fables

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