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.
  1. ...the imaginative tall tales of sailors.
     水手们编造出来的荒诞故事

英英释义

noun

• an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story

双语例句

• Had always been considered to be a tall tale.
  一直被认为是无稽的传说。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Exaggeration is what makes a tall tale.
  构成荒诞不经的故事是夸张手法。