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legend/ˈledʒ(ə)nd/n. 1a a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a myth 传说，传奇，神话 b such stories collectively (总称)民间传说，民间故事 c a popular but unfounded belief 普遍但又无根据的信念 d colloq. a person about whom unauthenticated tales are told; a famous or notorious person [口]传奇式的人物；名人，伟人；臭名昭著的人物 became a legend in his own lifetime 他在那个时代已成为传奇式的人物 2a an inscription, esp. on a coin or medal 铭文(尤指硬币、奖牌、纪念章上镌刻的文字) b Printing a caption 【印刷】(图片的)说明文字 c wording on a map etc. explaining the symbols used (地图等上的)图例 3 hist. [史义]a the story of a saint's life 圣贤故事；伟人传 b a collection of lives of saints or similar stories 圣贤集 □ legendry n.[Middle English (in sense 3) via Old French legende from medieval Latin legenda ‘what is to be read’, neut. pl. gerundive of Latin legere ‘read’] |