英语词汇“legend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	legend
释义	leg·end I. \ˈlejənd\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English legende, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legendus, gerundive of legere to gather, select, read; akin to Greek legein to collect, gather, choose, speak, logos word, reason, speech, account, Albanian mb-leth I collect 1. a. : the story of the life of a saint b. : a collection of such stories c. : account, history < those rambling letters … are naught else than a legend of the cumbersome life and various fortunes of a cadet — James Howell > 2. a. : lectionary 1 b. : passional 3. a. : a story coming down from the past; especially : one handed down from early times by tradition and popularly regarded as historical although not entirely verifiable < all the well-known families had their grotesque or tragic or romantic legends — W.B.Yeats > < legends regarding buried treasure … are as numerous as they are improbable — Thomas Barbour > < steeped himself in the legends of the river — Saxe Commins > b. : the total body of such stories and traditions; especially : the collective stories and traditions of a particular group (as a people or clan) < a place in American legend > < local legend perpetuates the tale — American Guide Series: Oregon > < lives on in legend > c. : a popular myth usually of current or recent origin < the legends they weave offer valuable clues to their nature — Julian Towster > < creation of a legend about a movie star by the publicity department > d. : one around whom such stories and traditions have grown up : one having a special status as a result of possessing or being held to possess extraordinary qualities that are usually partly real and partly mythical < a legend at forty-seven, as he has been for some years — Ward Morehouse > < had already had a resounding public career and … become a legend in his own time — Vincent Sheean > e. : the subject of a legend < some cartoons … are good enough to become legend — Gerald Gottlieb > < big bonuses in prosperous times are legend — Newsweek > 4. a. : the wording (as an inscription, motto, or title) on an object < a brass placard bore the legend — Erle Stanley Gardner > < cancellation with the three-line legend — Stamps > < the legends on both sides of the coins — J.F.Lhotka > < on one side of the glass entrance is a legend twenty feet in height — R.G.Young > b. : caption 4b c. : an explanatory list of the symbols appearing on a map or chart d. : a statement on the label of a drug product indicating that federal law prohibits the druggist from dispensing it except on the prescription of a physician Synonyms: see myth II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to inscribe (as a map or illustration) with a legend
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