英语单词

fabled是什么意思

fabled

英 ['feɪbəld] 美 ['febld]
  • adj. 寓言中的,虚构的
  • v. 虚构(fable的过去分词)

英文词源


fabled (adj.)
c. 1600, "unreal, invented," past participle adjective from fable (v.) "to tell tales" (late 14c.), from Old French fabler "tell, narrate; chatter, boast," from Latin fabulari, from fabula (see fable). Meaning "celebrated in fable" is from 1706.

双语例句


1. For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack.
第一周他实际上从没见到传说中的杰克。

来自《权威词典》

2. You cannot go home without visiting the fabled art collections of the Prado.
普拉多美术馆充满传奇色彩的艺术藏品属于旅游时的必看之选。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Aphrodite , the Greek goddness of love, is fabled to have been born of the foam of the sea.
希腊爱神阿美罗狄蒂据说是诞生于海浪泡沫之中.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. It was like a beast long fabled for its ferocity.
它好象传说中的一头恣意横行的野兽.

来自辞典例句

5. The house is fabled to have been inhabited by ghosts.
传说那房子曾住过鬼怪.

来自辞典例句

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