fairy-tale

童话故事,神话故事,童话,童话般的故事

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- : an incredible or misleading statement, account, or belief: His story of being a millionaire is just a fairy tale.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inromantic

Synonyms

adventurous冒险的,富有冒险精神的,冒险的人,冒险 amorous多情,多情的,风流倜傥,好色的 charming迷人的,迷人,有魅力的,有魅力 colorful多彩的,五彩缤纷,丰富多彩的,丰富多彩 corny陈词滥调,陈腐的,肉麻的,老套的 dreamy梦幻般的,梦幻的,梦幻,梦寐以求的 erotic情色,艳情,情色的,艳遇 exciting激动人心的,令人振奋的,令人振奋,令人激动的

Examples

Today, those stories are effectively fairy tales — stories we tell ourselves to avoid confronting reality.
For now, it seems like a fairy tale — the idea that Americans could choose to work or not work based on their desire, rather than the threat of starvation.
We love the idea of debuting this musical — filled with beloved fairy tale characters — at a theater dedicated to the exploration of classic stories reframed for modern audiences.
Cialdini, like a character in some ancient fairy tale, has found himself advising both sides of the bargaining table.
It is often thought that fairy tales live on because they express unchanging truths about the human condition.
As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
But when the darkness closes in, we actually run to fairy tales and fables.
Actually, rather like Gruber, we feel rather icky about fairy tales.
Not that the demonstration had anything to do with this couple, whom Sarah seems to see as a fairy tale come to life.
Were the fairy-tale true it really would shame the affluent west.
But he was ignorant of that part of the horrid tale; and the Duke, in a milder voice, bade him rise.
Never had Punch secured the telling of that tale with so little opposition.
The tailor of the fairy tale with his "seven at a blow" is not in it with the gunnery Lieutenant of a battleship.
Until very recently little has been known of the strange land in which the subject of this tale lives.

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fairy-tale

童话故事,神话故事,童话,童话般的故事

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- : an incredible or misleading statement, account, or belief: His story of being a millionaire is just a fairy tale.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inromantic

Synonyms

Examples

Today, those stories are effectively fairy tales — stories we tell ourselves to avoid confronting reality.
For now, it seems like a fairy tale — the idea that Americans could choose to work or not work based on their desire, rather than the threat of starvation.
We love the idea of debuting this musical — filled with beloved fairy tale characters — at a theater dedicated to the exploration of classic stories reframed for modern audiences.
Cialdini, like a character in some ancient fairy tale, has found himself advising both sides of the bargaining table.
It is often thought that fairy tales live on because they express unchanging truths about the human condition.
As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
But when the darkness closes in, we actually run to fairy tales and fables.
Actually, rather like Gruber, we feel rather icky about fairy tales.
Not that the demonstration had anything to do with this couple, whom Sarah seems to see as a fairy tale come to life.
Were the fairy-tale true it really would shame the affluent west.
But he was ignorant of that part of the horrid tale; and the Duke, in a milder voice, bade him rise.
Never had Punch secured the telling of that tale with so little opposition.
The tailor of the fairy tale with his "seven at a blow" is not in it with the gunnery Lieutenant of a battleship.
Until very recently little has been known of the strange land in which the subject of this tale lives.

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