| 单词 | urban myth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasurban myth urban myth n. originally U.S. = urban legend n. ΚΠ 1982 N.Y. Times 19 May b3/1 Flaherty is chief of design in the New York City Bureau of Sewers, but he is also the resident expert on the most durable urban myth in the history of cities, reptiles or waste disposal... ‘There are no alligators in the New York City sewer system.’ 1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 18 Apr. d23 Urban myths..are welded together as the story unfolds. 2001 Western Gaz. (Electronic ed.) 11 Jan. A Somerset Women's Institute branch has issued a warning to its members about a telephone scam being operated by jail birds—but telecommunications bosses have dismissed it as an urban myth. < as lemmas |
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