myth

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 mĭth

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
    — Jacobsen's theory about the empty storehouse is still valid, for a myth never has one meaning only; a myth is a polyphonic fugue of many voices.
  2. Such stories as a genre. uncountable
    — Myth was the product of man's emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings. (E. Clodd, Myths & Dreams (1885), 7, cited after OED)
  3. A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
    — Okay, okay, okay… First, of course, babies feel pain. How the fuck did we ever think otherwise⁉ But more importantly, the fact that painkillers are addictive was not a myth. It’s like a book of Greek mythology featuring the stories of Zeus, Sisyphus, Oedipus and Yanni. Come on! That last one is very real and it cannot be dismissed.
  4. A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
    — Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)
  5. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
    — As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths these twenty years.
  6. An invented story, theory, or concept.
    — His story is a pure myth.

词形变化

myths plural mythe alternative

词汇关系

反义词
antimyth
下位词
countermyth creation myth cybermyth Euromyth geomyth monomyth myth of simultaneity neuromyth nonmyth origin myth protomyth pseudomyth stab-in-the-back myth submyth urban myth ur-myth
衍生词
demyth edumyth mythbust mythbuster mythconception mytheme mythic mythical mythicism mythicize mythification mythify mythinformation mythise mythism mythist mythistorical mythistory mythization mythize mythless mythlike mythmaker mythmaking mytho- mythologem mythological mythology mythonym mythopoeia mythopoeic mythopoesis mythopoetical mythos mythpunk mythscape mythy
相关词
legend

词源

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable”). Attested in English since 1830. Doublet of mythos.
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