fairy tale

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfeəɹi ˌteɪl/    美 /ˈfɛɹi ˌteɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.
    — I used to love reading fairy tales when I was a child.
  2. The literary genre of these stories. uncountable
    — Their dresses were rich, and when they came bounding forward, their shapes of silver tissue, with their feathered diadems and faces of animated beauty, they might be imagined into scarcely less than the creations of fairy tale.
  3. A fabricated or misleading account meant to deceive, such as an exaggerated excuse. figuratively
    — He's telling us another fairy tale about how great the software will be.
  4. A delightful and ideal situation of a kind attained by very few. figuratively
    — I've been living in a fairy tale since I met Joe.

词形变化

fairy tales plural fairy-tale alternative fairytale alternative faerie tale alternative

词源

Calque of French conte de fées, coined by French writer Madame d'Aulnoy in the late 17th century.
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