novel, romance, fiction, story, fable, tale

名詞 tale:

1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
   同義詞：narrative, narration, story
2. a trivial lie
   同義詞：fib, story, tarradiddle, taradiddle

1. Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is a literary classic.
   狄更斯的《雙城記》是文學名著。
2. We laugh over this tale, but it's becoming almost as true of people.
   我們笑著談論此則故事，但對人類來說，情形也差不多一樣。
3. It's an ancient tale which appears in various guises in several languages.
   那是一個以幾種語言敘述的古老的故事。
4. Their love story sounds like a fairy tale.
   他們的愛情故事聽起來像童話。
5. We listened to their tales about life in the Sahara Desert.
   我們聽他們講述撒哈拉沙漠的生活經歷。
6. Children shouldn't tell tales.
   小孩子不應該說謊。