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.
权威例句
1. For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack.
第一周他实际上从没见到传说中的杰克。
2. You cannot go home without visiting the fabled art collections of the Prado.
普拉多美术馆充满传奇色彩的艺术藏品属于旅游时的必看之选。
3. Aphrodite , the Greek goddness of love, is fabled to have been born of the foam of the sea.
希腊爱神阿美罗狄蒂据说是诞生于海浪泡沫之中.
4. It was like a beast long fabled for its ferocity.
它好象传说中的一头恣意横行的野兽.
5. The house is fabled to have been inhabited by ghosts.