单词 | folk hero |
释义 | folk hero From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Folklorefolk heroˈfolk ˌhero noun [countable]RFsomeone who people in a particular place admire very much because of something they have done Casey Jones is an American folk hero.Examples from the Corpusfolk hero• Ferguson is flawless, a folk hero in two countries.• The affair seemed only to add to his status as folk hero.• He was a celebrated folk hero in his adopted Darlington from his arrival in 1919 to his death in 1946.• Just the kind of marginal folk hero they would go and use as a mascot. |
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