fable

novel, romance, fiction, story, fable, tale

名词 fable:

1. a deliberately false or improbable account
   同义词：fabrication, fiction
2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
   同义词：parable, allegory, apologue
3. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
   同义词：legend

1. "Children, gather round, and Miss Alice will tell you a fable."
   ＂孩子们，大家聚拢点，爱丽丝小姐给你们讲个寓言故事。＂
2. Fables often have animals as the main characters.
   寓言常以动物为主角。

fa.ble

n.（名词）
A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like human beings.
寓言：一种通常短小的故事，用来表示启发或谨慎的观点，常利用说话或有人的行为的动物为角色
A story about legendary persons and exploits.
传说：关于传说中的人物和英勇行为的故事
A falsehood; a lie.
假话；谎言
v.（动词）
fa.bled,fa.bling,fa.bles
v.tr.（及物动词）
To recount as if true.
煞有介事的讲述
v.intr.Archaic （不及物动词）【古语】
To compose fables.
虚构：创作虚构的故事

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin f3bula
源自 拉丁语 f3bula
from f3ro [to speak] * see bh3- 2
源自 f3ro [讲] *参见 bh3- 2

【引伸】
fa.bler
n.（名词）