| 单词 | mythical |
| 释义 | mythical (once / 2142 pages) adj Mythical means from myth, fables, or other traditional stories. A mythical story has no basis in historical events. Sometimes someone whose deeds far outshine others is referred to as mythical. There are a number of mythical animals that inhabit stories from around the globe. A white horse with a horn protruding from its forehead, the unicorn, is a mythical beast that is very popular worldwide. Much of Western art takes mythical stories, gods, goddesses, or other spirit creatures as subject matter. WORD FAMILYmyth: mythic, mythical, mythicise, mythicize, myths+/mythic: mythically/mythicize: mythicized USAGE EXAMPLESReliefs that once displayed gods and mythical creatures are reduced to random chunks showing a hand or a few feathers of a genie’s wing. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) On Thursday, like seven small mythical phoenixes who rose from the ashes, the new birds arrived in Grant. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) As a mythical space heroine, Carrie Fisher read as a real person. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) adj based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity mythical centaurs Syn fabulous, mythic, mythologic, mythological unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria |
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