Word · Frequency #22549
Fully loadedfairytale
童话；童话故事
核心释义
a story about fairies; told to amuse children
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童话故事；虚传
n. a story about fairies; told to amuse children；n. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
天方夜谭；不切实际的故事；童话故事；虚传
用法In use
The mother read her daughter a fairytale about a talking frog.
用法提示：fairytale 是名词，指儿童听的童话故事。
Children in many countries grow up hearing the same fairytales.
用法提示：fairytales 是名词复数形式，泛指童话故事。
His excuse for being late was a fairytale that no one believed.
用法提示：fairytale 此处指不切实际的借口或虚构的说法。
a fairytale about sth
fairytale 是可数名词；about 引出故事的主题，常用于介绍童话内容。
This fairytale about a dragon is popular with children.
这个关于龙的童话故事很受孩子们欢迎。
tell sb a fairytale
tell 可接双宾语（sb + a fairytale），也可说 tell a fairytale to sb；该短语也可指用不实的借口述说。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- fairytale ending
- 童话般的结局
- The movie has a fairytale ending.这部电影有一个童话般的结局。
- fairytale wedding
- 童话般的婚礼
- They had a fairytale wedding in a castle.他们在城堡里举行了一场童话般的婚礼。
- fairytale romance
- 童话般的爱情
- Their fairytale romance is the talk of the town.他们童话般的爱情成为全城热议的话题。
- fairytale life
- 童话般的生活
- She lived a fairytale life until the news broke.在消息传出之前，她过着童话般的生活。
- fairytale princess
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：仙女(fairy)讲的奇异故事(tale)，现实中少有，即'童话/不切实际'。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：children's stories、casual speech for unlikely explanations 作“童话故事”讲时通常为中性，多用于儿童文学或日常讲述；作“不切实际的说法/借口”讲时多用于口语，常带怀疑或贬义。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
tale, tail, sale, male, and nail all share the final /eɪl/ sound with the -tale ending of fairytale /ˈfeəriteil/. Fairy matches the first syllable /ˈfeəri/, not the final rhyme; do not confuse its /eə/ with the /eɪ/ in the -tale words.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.