talenoun詞源 1/ˈteɪl/

• 1

  A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

  • the Canterbury Tales
  • And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
• 2

  A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.

  • the ignorant, […] who measure by tale, and not by weight
  • In packing, they keep a just tale of the number that every hogshead containeth ...
• 3

  slangThe fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.

• 4

  An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.

  • Don't tell tales!
  • “A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]”
• 5

  obsoleteNumber; tally; quota.

  • And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
  • Both number twice a day the milky dams And once she takes the tale of all the lambs.
• 6

  obsoleteAccount; estimation; regard; heed.

• 7

  obsoleteSpeech; language.

• 8

  obsoleteA speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.

taleverb詞源 2/ˈteɪl/

• 1

  obsoletedialectalTo speak; discourse; tell tales.

• 2

  dialectalTo reckon; consider (someone) to have something.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• tael