myth
noun
uk/mɪθ/us/mɪθ/mythnoun(ANCIENT STORY)
B2[CorU]
anancientstoryor set ofstories,especiallyexplainingthe earlyhistoryof agroupofpeopleor aboutnaturaleventsandfacts:
神话ancientmyths古代神话
Thechildrenenjoyedthestoriesabout thegodsandgoddessesofGreekandRomanmyth.孩子们喜欢听希腊、罗马神话中众神的故事。
Mostsocietieshavetheirowncreationmyths.大多数社会都有它们自己的创世神话。
Compare
epicnoun
folk tale
legend(STORY)
saga
- InGreekmyth,loveispersonifiedby thegoddessAphrodite.
- Theplayis anadaptationof theGreekmyth of Orpheus.
Accounts and stories
- anecdote
- another
- anti-narrative
- be another storyidiom
- bodice-ripper
- brushstroke
- cautionary tale
- commentary
- legendary
- lore
- misdescription
- multi-stranded
- mythic
- running commentaryphrase
- scenario
- shaggy-dog story
- short story
- sob story
- strand
- writesomethingup
mythnoun(FALSE IDEA)
C1[CorU]disapproving
acommonlybelievedbutfalseidea:
普遍但却错误的看法，无根据的观念Statisticsdisprovethe myththatwomen areworsedriversthan men.统计数据证明，女人驾车技术比男人差的观念是错误的。
It can bedifficulttodisentanglefactfrom myth.
See also
urban myth
- It's a myth that you have towashyourhaireveryday.
- Thearticlerebutsfive myths about theVatican.
- Theorganizationhaspeddledthe myth that they aresupportingthelocalpopulation.
- Thepopularmyth is thatairtravelis moredangerousthantravelbycarorbus.
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsehood
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fib
- fiction
- lie
- mistruth
- mythologically
- mythologize
- perjure
- venality
- weasel words
- white lie
- whopper