单词 | tale |
释义 | tale /tayl/, n. 1. a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog. 2. a literary composition having the form of such a narrative. 3. a falsehood; lie. 4. a rumor or piece of gossip, often malicious or untrue. 5. the full number or amount. 6. Archaic. enumeration; count. 7. Obs. talk; discourse. [bef. 900; ME; OE talu series, list, narrative, story; c. D taal speech, language, G Zahl number, ON tala number, speech. See TELL1] |
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