| 单词 | myth |
| 释义 | myth[ mith ] / mɪθ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR myth ON THESAURUS.COM nouna traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. stories or matter of this kind: realm of myth. any invented story, idea, or concept: His account of the event is pure myth. an imaginary or fictitious thing or person. an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution. Origin of mythFirst recorded in 1820–30; from Late Latin mȳthus, from Greek mŷthos “story, word” SYNONYMS FOR myth3 fiction, fantasy, talltale. SEE SYNONYMS FOR myth ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for myth1. See legend. historical usage of mythMyth came into English in the early 19th century via Latin mȳthus “myth, fable” from Greek mŷthos. Latin mȳthus is straightforward: it means “a fable or myth,” such as one would read in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and in Late Latin, mȳthus is even used as a synonym for fābula “a story, fable.” Greek mŷthos has a tremendously wide range of meaning: “a word, a speech, mere speech (as opposed to érga ‘deeds’), something said, a thought, an unspoken word, a purpose, a rumor, a report, a saying, fiction (as opposed to lógos ‘historical truth’), the plot of a play, a narrative, a story, a story for children, a fable.” Sixty percent of Greek vocabulary has no known etymology, and mŷthos is probably within that 60 percent, but it is possible that mŷthos comes from the uncommon Proto-Indo-European root mēudh-, mūdh- (with other variants) “to be concerned with, crave, earnestly desire, think over.” Following this theory, from the variant mūdh-, Greek derives mŷthos and its derivative verb mȳtheîsthai “to speak, converse, tell”; Gothic has maudjan “to remind, remember”; Lithuanian has maûsti “to be concerned with,” and Polish has myśleć “to think.” OTHER WORDS FROM mythcoun·ter·myth, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mythfable, legend, myth (see synonym study at legend)Words nearby mythmysticize, mystify, mystique, Mysuru, mytacism, myth, mythical, mythicize, mythify, mythmaker, mytho- Definition for myth (2 of 2)myth. mythological. mythology. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mythBritish Dictionary definitions for myth (1 of 2)myth / (mɪθ) / noun
a person or thing whose existence is fictional or unproven (in modern literature) a theme or character type embodying an ideaHemingway's myth of the male hero philosophy (esp in the writings of Plato) an allegory or parable Word Origin for mythC19: via Late Latin from Greek muthos fable, word British Dictionary definitions for myth (2 of 2)myth. abbreviation formythological mythology Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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