tall tale
英 [tɔːl teɪl]
美 [tɔːl teɪl]
n. 荒诞不经的故事;奇闻怪事
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 荒诞不经的故事;奇闻怪事
Atall taleis a long and complicated story that is difficult to believe because most of the events it describes seem unlikely or impossible.- ...the imaginative tall tales of sailors.
水手们编造出来的荒诞故事
- ...the imaginative tall tales of sailors.
英英释义
noun
- an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
双语例句
- The tall tale has here, one may think, reached its ultimate.
荒诞不经的故事发展到这一步,我们可以说已经达到它的极致了。 - The essence of the tall tale was that it was told.
重要的是,这样的离奇故事到处都在讲。 - He told us a tall tale aBout a man who had killed 10 Bears in a day.
他对我们讲了个夸张的故事,说有个人一天杀死了十头熊。 - For those of you who love a tall tale, the list of genetic variations that determine human height has just experienced a growth spurt.
对那些喜欢以高个子为主角的奇谈故事的人来说,决定人类身高的基因变异种类突然井喷般增加了很多。 - Had always been considered to be a tall tale.
一直被认为是无稽的传说。 - Exaggeration is what makes a tall tale.
构成荒诞不经的故事是夸张手法。