tall tale

1. N-COUNT 荒诞不经的故事;奇闻怪事
   A tall tale is a long and complicated story that is difficult to believe because most of the events it describes seem unlikely or impossible.
   1. ...the imaginative tall tales of sailors.
      水手们编造出来的荒诞故事

1. For those of you who love a tall tale, the list of genetic variations that determine human height has just experienced a growth spurt.
   对那些喜欢以高个子为主角的奇谈故事的人来说，决定人类身高的基因变异种类突然井喷般增加了很多。
2. 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。
3. Had always been considered to be a tall tale.
   一直被认为是无稽的传说。
4. The tall tale has here, one may think, reached its ultimate.
   荒诞不经的故事发展到这一步，我们可以说已经达到它的极致了。
5. Exaggeration is what makes a tall tale.
   构成荒诞不经的故事是夸张手法。
6. He told us a tall tale aBout a man who had killed 10 Bears in a day.
   他对我们讲了个夸张的故事，说有个人一天杀死了十头熊。

noun

1. an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story