| 单词 | apocryphal |
| 释义 | apocryphal (əpɒkrɪfəl ) adjective An apocryphal story is one which is probably not true or did not happen, but which may give a true picture of someone or something. This may well be an apocryphal story. There are various other versions of this -- probably apocryphal -- story. Synonyms: dubious, legendary, doubtful, questionable Collocations: apocryphal story That's the sort of apocryphal story which tells a greater truth. Times, Sunday Times This surely apocryphal story, especially in the case of celebrity marriages, has the ring of truth. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps the apocryphal story grew from this image and the duck? Times, Sunday Times It may be an apocryphal story. Times, Sunday Times I thought it was a joke, another apocryphal story. Times, Sunday Times The passage was misinterpreted by scholars in the mid-1900s, and over time the apocryphal tale was born. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tonight has an apocryphal tale about a man who wandered into a funeral home to use the washroom, signed the register and collected a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Globe and Mail An apocryphal tale tells of a farmer's wife who found a goose with a broken leg. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Apocryphal tales of her 5am rise to fit in a game of tennis and a blow-out before breakfast horrified — and shamed — us all. Times, Sunday Times |
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