fables是什么意思？

fables

• n. 寓言( fable的名词复数 )，神话，传说；

例句

• But fables and legends and aspirations have a hold on the human mind. 但是,神话、传说和愿望是能影响人的思想的.
• Aesop's fables illustrate moral maxims. 伊索寓言阐明了道德准则.
• What a farrago of old fables is this! 这一套全是古代的寓言七拼八凑起来的!
• Some of Aesop's Fables are satires. 《伊索寓言》中有一些是讽刺作品.
• ...little-known horticultural facts and fables. 有关园艺的鲜为人知的事实和谬传

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  寓言
  A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters.
  例句
  ...the fable of the tortoise and the hare... 龟兔赛跑的寓言 Each tale has the timeless quality of fable. 每个故事都有其永恒的寓意。
• N-VAR
  谣传;无稽之谈
  You can describe a statement or explanation that is untrue but that many people believe as fable .
  例句
  Is reincarnation fact or fable? 转世轮回是确有其事还是无稽之谈？ ...little-known horticultural facts and fables. 有关园艺的鲜为人知的事实和谬传