名詞 myth:

1. a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

1. The myth that eating carrot improved your eyesight was exploded years ago.
   認為吃胡蘿卜可以改善視力的海外奇談，多年前已祛除殆盡。
2. The rich uncle of whom he boasts is only a myth.
   他吹噓的那個有錢的叔叔只是個烏有翁。
3. A romanticized or popularized myth of modern times.
   現(xiàn)代神話現(xiàn)代被浪漫化或普遍流行的神話
4. A being in folklore or myth similar to one of these beings.
   巨人民間傳說或神話中與以上的人種相似的人

myth

n.（名詞）

A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the world view of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society:
神話；神話故事：一種傳統(tǒng)的、通常是古代的故事，它涉及有超自然的生靈、祖先或作為人們世俗目光中重要而典型的英雄人物，如通過解釋自然界的方面或描寫心理、風俗或社會思想：
例句：
the myth of Eros and Psyche; a creation myth.
愛神厄洛斯和塞姬的神話；神話創(chuàng)造

Such stories considered as a group:
神話：被認為一個群體的那些故事：
例句：
the realm of myth.
神話王國

A story, a theme, an object, or a character regarded as embodying an aspect of a culture:
神話式人物（或事物）：認為表現(xiàn)文化某一方面的故事、主題或人物：
例句：
a star whose fame turned her into a myth; the pioneer myth of suburbia.
名星的聲譽使她變得神秘；郊區(qū)拓荒者的傳奇

A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology.
虛構(gòu)；部分事實：虛構(gòu)或半真實的人物，尤指形成部分意識形態(tài)的
A fictitious story, person, or thing:
傳說；虛構(gòu)的人（物）：虛構(gòu)的小說、人或事情：
例句：
.German artillery superiority on the Western Front was a myth.(Leon Wolff)
.在西方戰(zhàn)線上，德軍的大炮的優(yōu)勢純屬虛構(gòu).(萊昂·沃爾夫)

來源：
New Latin mtthus
現(xiàn)代拉丁語 mtthus
from Late Latin mtthos
源自 后期拉丁語 mtthos
from Greek muthos
源自 希臘語 muthos