tale
[tel]
n. 故, 谎言, 谣言, 述, 叙述

[] 虚语, 诽语, 谣言



tale
[ noun ]

1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

<noun.communication>
his narrative was interesting
Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children

2. a trivial lie

<noun.communication>
he told a fib about eating his spinach
how can I stop my child from telling stories?

Tale \Tale\, n.
See {Tael}.


Tale \Tale\, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D.
taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal,
tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech,
Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax,
also {Talk}, v. i.]
1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any
rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse;
statement; history; story. ``The tale of Troy divine.''
--Milton. ``In such manner rime is Dante's tale.''
--Chaucer.

We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc.
9.

2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an
enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or
weight; a number reckoned or stated.

The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by
weight. --Hooker.

And every shepherd tells his tale,
Under the hawthornn in the dale. --Milton.

In packing, they keep a just tale of the number.
--Carew.

3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.]

{To tell tale of}, to make account of. [Obs.]

Therefore little tale hath he told
Of any dream, so holy was his heart. --Chaucer.

Syn: Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation;
account; legend; narrative.


Tale \Tale\, v. i.
To tell stories. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower.


Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta?l, a certain weight, probably fr.
Hind. tola, Skr. tul[=a] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings
sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight
of one ounce and a third. [Written also {tale}.]