🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8886 COCA: 8692

mythology

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
mythology /mɪˈθɑːləʤi/ noun
plural mythologies
mythology
/mɪˈθɑːləʤi/
noun
plural mythologies
Learner's definition of MYTHOLOGY
: the myths of a particular group or culture(某群体或文化的)神话
[noncount]
[count]
: ideas that are believed by many people but that are not true(许多人相信的)错误的观点
[noncount]
[singular]

— mythological

/ˌmɪθəˈlɑːʤɪkəl/ adjective
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8886 COCA: 8692

mythology

noun

my·​thol·​o·​gy mi-ˈthä-lə-jē How to pronounce mythology (audio)
plural mythologies
1
: an allegorical narrative
2
: a body of myths: such as
a
: the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people
b
: mythos sense 2
cold war mythology
3
: a branch of knowledge that deals with myth
4
: a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something : myth sense 2a
defective mythologies that ignore masculine depth of feeling Robert Bly
mythologer noun
mythologist noun

Example Sentences

We have been studying ancient Greek mythology. We compared the two cultures' mythologies. There is a popular mythology that he discovered the cause of the disease by himself.
Recent Examples on the Web Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at age 96, would live at the center of such complicated and often oppositional mythology for decades to come. Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 The two beings dive into the ocean together and emerge as a single animorph, fusing the romantic hero-on-horseback trope with a healthy dose of Greek mythology. Leah Dolan, CNN, 5 Aug. 2022 The mountain is said to be the final resting place of Diarmuid and Gráinne, two eloping lovers of Irish mythology. J.r. Patterson, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 The body of each Atalante, named for Atalanta, a heroine of Greek mythology, bore its own unique styling details, often with oversized headlights and a two-tone color combination reflecting fashionable Art Deco style. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 4 July 2022 Making artificial humans has been a goal of many for centuries, even dating back to the ancient times of Greek mythology. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 12 June 2022 The world of barbecue is full of mythology that is wrong. Fork. Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2022 Their conversation, in a hotel room in Istanbul where the scholar of mythology attends a conference, leads her to make a wish that surprises them both. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2022 Channel a goddess of Greek mythology with this one-of-a-kind Prounis cuff, which was handmade with the ancient goldsmithing technique of repoussé. Dania Lucero Ortiz, Town & Country, 18 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English methologie, mithologie "exposition of a myth, book of myths," borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French mythologie, borrowed from Late Latin mȳthologia (in Mythologiae, title of a myth compilation by Fulgentius, ca. 500), borrowed from Greek mȳthología "fiction, storytelling," from mŷthos "utterance, tale, myth" + -o- -o- + -logia -logy

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mythology was in 1603
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8886 COCA: 8692
mythology

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + MYTHOLOGY | MYTHOLOGY + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEpopular廣為人知的謬傳personal個人神話national民族神話cultural, political文化/政治神話ancient, classical, old, traditional古老的神話;古典神話;傳統神話modern, new現代神話;新神話Greek, Hindu, Norse, Roman, etc.希臘、印度、古斯堪的納維亞、羅馬等神話VERB + MYTHOLOGYenter變得荒誕不實Stories about the ghost have entered the mythology of the town.鬧鬼的故事已經成為該鎮種種荒誕不實掌故的一部份。create編造神話She has created her own mythology in the books.她在書中編造了自己的神話。MYTHOLOGY + VERBsurround sb/sth神話圍繞⋯the mythology that surrounds the princess關於公主的神話PREPOSITIONin (a/the) mythology在神話中the characters in Greek mythology希臘神話中的人物mythology about, mythology of有關⋯的錯誤看法a whole mythology about how to get fit關於如何健身的一整套錯誤看法the national mythology of marriage and family關於婚姻和家庭的民族神話

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime