| 词汇 | tall-story |
| 释义 | tall story noun[ Cusually singular ] mainly UKuk /ˌtɔːl ˈstɔː.ri/ us /ˌtɑːl ˈstɔːr.i/(US usuallytall tale) a story or fact that is difficult to believe: 荒诞的故事;令人难以置信的故事（或事实） After dinner she told me a tall story about her pet.晚饭后，她给我讲了一个听上去有些荒诞的故事，是关于她的宠物的。 Accounts and stories anecdote another anti-narrative backstory be another storyidiom bodice-ripper cautionary tale horror story in medias res kompromat legend legendary lore reminiscence rundown running commentaryphrase scenario semi-legendary strand write something up Examples of tall storytall story We can place some reliance on courts in being able to distinguish between a tallstory, a good story and a true story. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In which country could we tell a tallstory like this? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He explained its provisions quizzically and delightfully, as though he were applying for membership of the tallstory club. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems to me rather a tallstory, but still it may be correct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tell us another tallstory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a tallstory, to be sure, but it could have happened. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Each song suggests a fragment of a screenplay: an encounter, a missed opportunity, tall stories told through a haze of alcohol and smoke. A scam, tallstory or deception. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Notwithstanding all these tall stories it is very good advertisement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Among other things, there are chatty little articles in this quarterly magazine and some rather tall stories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people who need to be administering the policy are fishermen—admittedly, the kind of fishermen who do not tell tall stories and whose words we can trust. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Conny tells tall stories over the new school. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Despite having nine stories on the inside, it appears to have five, exceptionally tall stories from the outside. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is also open to question whether they are supposed to be serious mysteries or tall stories. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The overall impression is of two very tall stories, which belies its actual 10-story structure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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