fabulist

英 ['fæbjʊlɪst]
  • n. 寓言家;说谎者

英英释义


1. a person who tells or invents fables

考试真题


This is Aesop, the fabulist ( ' , 寓言家 ), the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships, He says.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

"This is Aesop, the fabulist, the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships," he says.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

实用场景例句


This is Aesop, the fabulist ( 寓言家 ), the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships,” He says.
这是寓言家伊索的观点,他经常从动物及动物之间的关系的角度讲述那些迷人的小故事。”Soupios 说。

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英文词源


fabulist (n.)
1590s, "inventor or writer of fables," from French fabuliste, from Latin fabula "story, tale" (see fable (n.)). The earlier word in English was fabler (late 14c.); the Latin term was fabulator.