fairy tale

短语
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神话故事, 童话, 谎言

发音

US /ˈfɛɹi ˌteɪl/
其它
UK /ˈfeəɹi ˌteɪl/

词形变化

fairy tales 复数

别名

fairy-tale faerie tale

教材释义与例句

名词

童话故事；虚构的故事；妄言

名词

神话；神话故事；说谎

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.

    童话

    神话

    民间故事

    精怪故事

    囡仔古

    I used to love reading fairy tales when I was a child.

  2. 2.

    The literary genre of these stories.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    A story presented as true that is not believable.

    夸张的故事

    He's telling us another fairy tale about how great the software will be.

  4. 4.

    A delightful and ideal situation of a kind attained by very few.

    I've been living in a fairy tale since I met Joe.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

fairy story cock-and-bull story song and dance

上位词 7

story tale narrative narration fib taradiddle tarradiddle

词源

Calque of French conte de fées, coined by French writer Madame d'Aulnoy in the late 17th century.

来源：wiktionary