c. 1600, "unreal, invented," past participle adjective from fable (v.) "to tell tales" (late 14c.), from Old French fabler "tell, narrate; chatter, boast," from Latin fabulari, from fabula (see fable). Meaning "celebrated in fable" is from 1706.
雙語例句
1. For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack.
第一周他實際上從沒見到傳說中的杰克。
來自《權威詞典》
2. You cannot go home without visiting the fabled art collections of the Prado.
普拉多美術館充滿傳奇色彩的藝術藏品屬于旅游時的必看之選。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Aphrodite , the Greek goddness of love, is fabled to have been born of the foam of the sea.
希臘愛神阿美羅狄蒂據說是誕生于海浪泡沫之中.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. It was like a beast long fabled for its ferocity.
它好象傳說中的一頭恣意橫行的野獸.
來自辭典例句
5. The house is fabled to have been inhabited by ghosts.