单词 | myth |
释义 | Word Frequency myth(mɪθ) noun 1. a. a story about superhuman beings of an earlier age taken by preliterate society to be a true account, usually of how natural phenomena, social customs, etc, came into existence b. another word for mythology (sense 1), mythology (sense 3) 2. a person or thing whose existence is fictional or unproven 3. (in modern literature) a theme or character type embodying an idea Hemingway's myth of the male hero 4. philosophy (esp in the writings of Plato) an allegory or parable Word origin C19: via Late Latin from Greek muthos fable, wordWord Frequency myth.abbreviation for 1. mythological 2. mythology |
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