单词 | fabulate |
释义 | fabulate fab.u.late AHD: [f²b“y…-l³t”] D.J. [6f#bj*7le!t]K.K. [6f#bj*7let]v.intr.(不及物动词) fab.u.lat.ed,fab.u.lat.ing,fab.u.lates To engage in the composition of fables or stories, especially those in which the element of fantasy comes into heavy play:从事创作的:从事寓言或故事的创作,尤指那些掺入幻想的严肃戏剧:“a land which . . . had given itself up to dreaming, to fabulating, to tale-telling”(&b{Lawrence Durrell})“The&I{[writer's]} voice . . . has matured, &I{[has]} been brought to a level where it can at once be . . . able to praise and curse, laugh and cry, fabulate and sing and when called upon, take off and soar” (&b{Thomas Pynchon})“一个…已陷入梦幻、虚构、讲述故事的土地”(劳伦斯·达雷尔)“[作者的] 声音…已成熟了, 达到一个水平,它马上就…能赞叹和咒骂,笑和哭,虚构故事和歌唱以及当被号召时,他出发并怒吼” (托马斯·平琼)语源:1. Latin f³bul³r&9{º} f³bul³t- [to talk] 拉丁语 f³bul³r&9{º} f³bul³t- [谈话] 2. from f³bula [tale, talk] * see fable 源自 f³bula [故事] *参见 fable继承用法:fab”ula“tion n.(名词)fab“ula”tor n.(名词) |
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