tall tale

tall tale

美 　英

• n.怪談
• 網絡荒誕不經的故事；神兵總動員；吹牛

詞形變化

同義詞

英漢解釋

英英解釋

例句

The essence of the tall tale was that it was told.

重要的是，這樣的離奇故事到處都在講。

the end of this lesson, you will be able to tell a tall tale.

本課結束，你將能夠會吹牛。

The tall tale , which had been popular in America since Colonial days , spread west to reach inspired heights of mendacity .

荒誕不經的故事，在殖民地時期即已風行美國，一路向西延展，到達了虛偽的極度。

sort with its gorgeous metaphors, became in its burlesque moments a variant of the tall tale.

政治演說，尤其是充滿華麗比喻，宣揚國威的那一種，發展到可笑的程度，就成了荒誕故事的變體。

These realistic details set us up for the tall-tale exaggeration of the weather being so hot that corn started to pop.

這些現實的細節設置為我們高大的童話夸張的天氣如此炎熱，玉米開始流行。

For those of you who love a tall tale, the list of genetic variations that determine human height has just experienced a growth spurt.

你們當中那些喜歡天方夜譚的人，決定人類身高的一系列遺傳性變異剛剛經歷一次高發期。

The woman's story of survival after going 20 days without food sounds like a tall tale to me.

那個女人在沒有食物的情況下存活20天的故事在我看來令人難以置信。

But tall-tale-tellers have never hesitated to rewrite Lincoln's biography.

但是敘述故事的人從未猶豫重寫林肯的傳記。

Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale. "

今天，我們講一個傳統的美國故事稱為“高的故事。”

So, as the song goes, do short people really have no reason to live, or is that a tall tale?

因此，正如那首歌里唱到的，個子矮的人是不是真的沒有活下去的理由了？還是這真的夸大其詞了？

Joke and tall tale tellers play with language.

高大的笑話和故事監票發揮語言。

Exaggeration is what makes a tall tale.

構成荒誕不經的故事是夸張手法。

In America, there is a traditional story called a "tall tale" .

在美國，有一個傳統的故事叫做：吹牛皮。

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