folktales

folktales — 名詞

1. a story that people pass down by word of mouth from one generation to the next,

1.名詞B1
釋義

民間故事

口耳相傳的傳統故事

a story that people pass down by word of mouth from one generation to the next, with no known single author

例句

Every winter, Luca's grandmother told him Sicilian folktales by the fireplace.

每年冬天，Luca 的祖母都會在壁爐旁講西西里民間故事給他聽。

tell + folktales + to + [person]

The folktales that Rania collected from Nile villages fill an entire bookshelf.

Rania 在尼羅河沿岸村落收集來的民間故事，塞滿了整面書架。

collect + folktales + from + [place]

同義詞

文法句型

folktale + about + [topic]

tell + folktales + to + [person]

用法筆記

Often appears in the plural form when referring to the genre or a collection of stories. The singular folktale refers to one specific story.

常見錯誤

❌Folktales are always about fairies and magic.
✅Folktales can include magic but also reflect everyday life, values, and humor.
💡Folktales are broader than fairy tales; they include realistic, humorous, and moral stories too.
❌She wrote a folktale and published it under her name.
✅She recorded a folktale that had been told in her village for generations.
💡A folktale has no single known author; it belongs to the oral tradition of a community.