单词 | mytho |
释义 | mytho- in British Englishcombining form myth mythogenesis mythography myth in British English (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 mytho- in American English (ˈmɪθə; mɪθoʊ) myth mythomania Word origin < Gr mythos, UNRESOLVED CROSS REFDefinition of 'mytho-' |
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