legend 的定义
- a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
- the body of stories of this kind, especially as they relate to a particular people, group, or clan: the winning of the West in American legend.
- an inscription, especially on a coat of arms, on a monument, under a picture, or the like.
- a table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining the symbols used.Compare key.
- Numismatics. inscription.
- a collection of stories about an admirable person.
- a person who is the center of such stories: She became a legend in her own lifetime.
- Archaic. a story of the life of a saint, especially one stressing the miraculous or unrecorded deeds of the saint.
- Obsolete. a collection of such stories or stories like them.
legend 近义词
story of the past, often fictitious
brief description in document
更多legend例句
- Last April at T-Mobile, Mike Sievert took over for a legend, John Legere, who started out in last place and ended up gaining the most customers and having the best performing stock in telecom over his eight year run.
- Only a few managed to escape, according to legend, one of them being John Gómez, who was supposedly the first narrator of the Gasparilla legend.
- The legend of Achilles retold through the lens of his friend Patroclus.
- Even in a hellish year-plus that has cost us so many legends, the one we lost Friday was truly one of a kind.
- As a competitor and future first-ballot Hall of Famer, he surely cares about the personal opportunity to enhance his legend.
- The attempt to “breed back” the Auroch of Teutonic legend was of a piece with the Nazi obsession with racial purity and eugenics.
- Acting legend talks about what role is closest to her heart.
- Some lesser-known live performances from the late rock legend.
- Founded by German monks in present-day Old Town Stockholm, Zum Franziskaner has become a legend amongst locals and tourists.
- So, for that matter, was Gladiator, the previous foray into ancient legend by director Ridley Scott.
- Her stern was towards him, and all he saw of her was the ironical legend, “Cure your Corns.”
- His name is less romantic than those of the wonted demons of legend and folklore.
- He perceived that they had lived long enough in retirement in the little Welsh village to have acquired a pride in its legend.
- But, oddly enough, as he walked back to the hotel it was just Betty Lardner who made him think again of the legend.
- It was probably this opposition that made young Cargill decide that it would be really worth while to defy the legend.