tall tale

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  • n.怪谈
  • Web荒诞不经的故事；神兵总动员；吹牛
Plural Form：tall tales  

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n.
1.
怪谈

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,怪谈怪谈,荒诞不经的故事荒诞不经的故事,神兵总动员神兵总动员,吹牛吹牛
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1.
The essence of the tall tale was that it was told.
重要的是，这样的离奇故事到处都在讲。
zhòng yào de shì , zhè yàng de lí qí gù shi dào chù dōu zài jiǎng 。
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2.
the end of this lesson, you will be able to tell a tall tale.
本课结束，你将能够会吹牛。
běn kè jié shù , nǐ jiāng néng gòu huì chuī niú 。
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3.
The tall tale , which had been popular in America since Colonial days , spread west to reach inspired heights of mendacity .
荒诞不经的故事，在殖民地时期即已风行美国，一路向西延展，到达了虚伪的极度。
huāng dàn bù jīng de gù shi , zài zhí mín dì shí qī jí yǐ fēng xíng měi guó , yī lù xiàng xī yán zhǎn , dào dá le xū wěi de jí dù 。
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4.
sort with its gorgeous metaphors, became in its burlesque moments a variant of the tall tale.
政治演说，尤其是充满华丽比喻，宣扬国威的那一种，发展到可笑的程度，就成了荒诞故事的变体。
zhèng zhì yǎn shuō , yóu qí shì chōng mǎn huá lì bǐ yù , xuān yáng guó wēi de nà yī zhǒng , fā zhǎn dào kě xiào de chéng dù , jiu chéng le huāng dàn gù shi de biàn tǐ 。
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5.
These realistic details set us up for the tall-tale exaggeration of the weather being so hot that corn started to pop.
这些现实的细节设置为我们高大的童话夸张的天气如此炎热，玉米开始流行。
zhè xiē xiàn shí de xì jié shè zhì wèi wǒ men gāo dà de tóng huà kuā zhāng de tiān qì rú cǐ yán rè , yù mǐ kāi shǐ liú xíng 。
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6.
For those of you who love a tall tale, the list of genetic variations that determine human height has just experienced a growth spurt.
你们当中那些喜欢天方夜谭的人，决定人类身高的一系列遗传性变异刚刚经历一次高发期。
nǐ men dāng zhōng nà xiē xǐ huan tiān fāng yè tán de rén , jué dìng rén lèi shēn gāo de yí xì liè yí chuán xìng biàn yì gāng gāng jīng lì yī cì gāo fā qī 。
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7.
The woman's story of survival after going 20 days without food sounds like a tall tale to me.
那个女人在没有食物的情况下存活20天的故事在我看来令人难以置信。
nà ge nǚ rén zài méi yǒu shí wù de qíng kuàng xià cún huó èr shí tiān de gù shi zài wǒ kàn lái lìng rén nán yǐ zhì xìn 。
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8.
But tall-tale-tellers have never hesitated to rewrite Lincoln's biography.
但是叙述故事的人从未犹豫重写林肯的传记。
dàn shì xù shù gù shi de rén cóng wèi yóu yù chóng xiě lín kěn de zhuàn jì 。
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9.
Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale. "
今天，我们讲一个传统的美国故事称为“高的故事。”
jīn tiān , wǒ men jiǎng yī gè chuán tǒng de měi guó gù shi chēng wéi " gāo de gù shi 。 "
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10.
So, as the song goes, do short people really have no reason to live, or is that a tall tale?
因此，正如那首歌里唱到的，个子矮的人是不是真的没有活下去的理由了？还是这真的夸大其词了？
yīn cǐ , zhèng rú nà shǒu gē lǐ chàng dào de , gè zi ǎi de rén shì bu shì zhēn de méi yǒu huó xià qù de lǐ yóu le ? hái shì zhè zhēn de kuā dà qí cí le ?
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