单词 | legend |
释义 | Word Frequency legend(ˈlɛdʒənd) noun 1. a popular story handed down from earlier times whose truth has not been ascertained 2. a group of such stories the Arthurian legend 3. a modern story that has taken on the characteristics of a traditional legendary tale 4. a person whose fame or notoriety makes him or her a source of exaggerated or romanticized tales or exploits 5. an inscription or title, as on a coin or beneath a coat of arms 6. explanatory matter accompanying a table, map, chart, etc 7. a. a story of the life of a saint b. a collection of such stories Derived forms legendry (ˈlegendry) noun Word origin C14 (in the sense: a saint's life or a collection of saints' lives): from MedievalLatin legenda passages to be read, from Latin legere to read |
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