| 单词 | urban legend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasurban legend urban legend n. originally U.S. an entertaining story or piece of information circulated as though true. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] > misinformation misinformation1587 bum steer1898 urban legend1931 myth-information1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth feigning1388 legend1581 fabulosity1601 myth1849 urban legend1931 urban myth1982 1931 Vanity Fair July 39/1 Mr. Markey has collected a handful of the most persistent urban legends—of the sort that usually are told with the familiar preamble: ‘You can really believe this one because it happened to a very close friend of my Aunt Maria's’. 1968 R. M. Dorson in T. P. Coffin Our Living Trad. xiv. 166 Ubiquitous urban legends deal with the ghostly hitchhiker,..the stolen grandmother,..and the death car. 1986 Times (Nexis) 10 Aug. The myths [about radiation from microwave ovens] are called ‘urban legends’ by the Department of Trade. 2001 Washington Times (Electronic ed.) 9 Jan. Recent cyberspace myths have included..the urban legend about prospective gang members who drive with their headlights off and shoot any driver who signals them to turn them on. < as lemmas |
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