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单词 mythic
释义
mythicmyth‧ic /ˈmɪθɪk/ (also mythical) adjective [usually before noun] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • the mythic West
  • The stories contained mythic visions of riches in the Middle East.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But the dispute will probably never be settled since both Topeka and Azusa Street have now achieved a certain mythic quality.
  • Comparative cultural studies have now demonstrated beyond question that similar mythic tales are to be found in every quarter of this earth.
  • Even the mythic good guys you read about have warts.
  • I worried about the mythic trees you used to paint.
  • If all this sounds rather mythic, it is because it is a myth.
  • Like most mythic events, the Six-Day War actually happened, but not quite the way people remember it.
  • Most commentators assume that this lake is situated in some mythic underworld.
word sets
WORD SETS
centaur, nounchimera, nounCyclops, noundeity, noundemigod, nounfaun, noungod, noungriffin, noungryphon, nounHades, nounlegend, nounlotus, nounmyth, nounmythic, adjectivemythical, adjectivenymph, nounoracle, nounsaga, nounsatyr, nounsphinx, nounwyvern, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a size or importance that seems almost unreal)· Achieving this was a feat of mythic proportions.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • a feat of mythic proportions
  • By conflating childhood with mythic time - and does not the world possess mythic proportions when we are small?
  • This is a feat of mythic proportions, comparable to extracting gold from sea water-or helium-3 from the lunar regolith.
1very great or famous:  He became a mythic figure in publishing.2mythic proportions very great size or importance:  a feat of mythic proportions
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