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fabled

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fa·bled /ˈfeɪbəld/ adjective literary  FAMOUSfamous and often mentioned in traditional stories 寓言[传奇]中著名的;寓言[传奇]中的 SYN legendary the fabled 'Fountain of Youth' 传说中的青春泉
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fabledUnlike most other fabled beasts it preferred to scavenge carrion from the forest floor rather than kill for fresh meat.Not much of that fabled but very real gold has survived.Anita the fabled feminist has a complaint she want you all to hear.He sits forlorn on horse-munched hay while his thoughts run on distant, fabled gold.Only in later centuries, when Constant Drachenfels' daring knew no bounds, did the famed, fabled horrors begin.It was a fabled street, but for him it had been forbidden territory.Statues of fabled warriors stood in the city square.
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fabled
fabled /ˈfeɪbəld/ adjective literary
famous and often mentioned in traditional stories
   SYN  legendary:
    the fabled 'Fountain of Youth'


fabledBrE /ˈfeɪbld/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfeɪbld/ 🔊 adjective (literary or humorous) famous and often talked about, but rarely seen 传说中的 SYN legendary a fabled monster传说中的怪物For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack. 第一周他实际上没见到传闻已久的杰克。🔊🔊