myth
英 [mɪθ]
美 [mɪθ]
n. 神话; 神话故事; 虚构的东西; 荒诞的说法; 不真实的事
复数：myths
Collins.3 / BNC.3413 / COCA.3076
同义词辨析
legendn. 传奇，传说
〔辨析〕
常指有关名人、勇士、历险、奇异事件等的古老传说。
〔例证〕
This oriental legend is fascinating.
这个东方传说很吸引人。
This legend is about Jesus' childhood.
这个传说讲的是耶稣小时候的事情。
这个东方传说很吸引人。
This legend is about Jesus' childhood.
这个传说讲的是耶稣小时候的事情。
mythn. 神话
〔辨析〕
尤指为解释自然或历史事件而编造的古老故事。
〔例证〕
The Greeks had many myths.
希腊人有许多神话故事。
Italian culture is full of ancient myths.
意大利文化充满古代神话。
希腊人有许多神话故事。
Italian culture is full of ancient myths.
意大利文化充满古代神话。
sagan. 萨迦，传奇故事
〔辨析〕
原指有关北欧海盗的传说，现多指各类传奇故事。
〔例证〕
a Nordic saga of giants
一篇关于巨人的北欧萨迦
The Dell saga is well known.
戴尔的传奇故事非常出名。
He wrote a brilliant saga of the rise and collapse of a bank in Oklahoma.
他写了一篇关于俄克拉荷马州一家地方银行兴衰的精彩传奇故事。
一篇关于巨人的北欧萨迦
The Dell saga is well known.
戴尔的传奇故事非常出名。
He wrote a brilliant saga of the rise and collapse of a bank in Oklahoma.
他写了一篇关于俄克拉荷马州一家地方银行兴衰的精彩传奇故事。
牛津词典
noun
- 神话；神话故事
a story from ancient times, especially one that was told to explain natural events or to describe the early history of a people; this type of story- ancient Greek myths
古希腊神话 - a creation myth (= that explains how the world began)
创世的神话 - the heroes of myth and legend
神话和传说中的英雄
- ancient Greek myths
- 虚构的东西；荒诞的说法；不真实的事
something that many people believe but that does not exist or is false- It is time to dispel the myth of a classless society (= to show that it does not exist) .
该消除那种无阶级社会的神话了。 - Contrary to popular myth , women are not worse drivers than men.
都说女人开车比男人差，其实不然。
- It is time to dispel the myth of a classless society (= to show that it does not exist) .
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 神话
Amythis a well-known story which was made up in the past to explain natural events or to justify religious beliefs or social customs.- There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
有一个著名的希腊神话，讲的是伊卡洛斯飞得离太阳过近的故事。 - ...the world of magic and of myth.
魔法和神话的世界
- There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
- N-VAR 错误的看法（或认识）；编造的话;谎言
If you describe a belief or explanation as amyth, you mean that many people believe it but it is actually untrue.- Contrary to the popular myth, women are not reckless spendthrifts.
和人们的普遍观念恰恰相反，女性并不是胡乱挥霍者。
- Contrary to the popular myth, women are not reckless spendthrifts.
英英释义
noun
- a traditional story accepted as history
双语例句
- It is also a myth that the faculty of hearing is greatly increased in blind people.
盲人的听力会大幅增强也是一种谬谈。 - The report dispels the myth that Northerners have a fattier diet than people in the south.
该报告消除了北方人比南方人膳食脂肪含量高的谬论。 - The coronation was an occasion for extravagant myth and sentiment.
加冕典礼是极尽奢华和怀旧的仪式。 - The most famous telling of this myth takes place in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
最著名的讲述了这个神话发生在荷马的伊利亚特和奥德赛。 - This image is a myth perpetuated by the media.
这种形象是媒体宣传造成的错觉。 - I have been working on exploding the myth of fixity of meaning
我一直在致力于推翻有关意义恒定性的谬谈。 - Athens, tragedy not reappearing in Istanbul, have not had inversion, have not had myth.
雅典，没有重现伊斯坦布尔的悲剧，没有了逆转，没有了神话。 - My mother colluded in the myth of him as the swanky businessman
我母亲和别人串通，把他杜撰成一个阔气的商人。 - It is an emblem of Hera in Greek myth and represents beauty and intelligence in China and Japan.
在希腊神话中，孔雀象征赫拉女神；在中日文化中，孔雀代表与美丽与智慧。 - Privacy is today's civilization is a myth.
静居独处今天的文明中是一个神话。