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mythic

/mith-i-kuhl/US // ˈmɪθ ɪ kəl //UK // (ˈmɪθɪkəl) //

神话般的,神话式的,神话式,神话般

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
    • : dealt with in myth, as a prehistoric period.
    • : dealing with myths, as writing.
    • : existing only in myth, as a person.
    • : without foundation in fact; imaginary; fictitious: The explanation was entirely mythical.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.mythical

Examples

  • The mythic origin of the feast was the creation of the world by the god Marduk.

  • Imagining novels as biological specimens creates a crazed and mythic zoology of hybrids, beasts, mutants, and aberrations.

  • Movements of all kind create mythic histories, and institutions of all kinds do what they can to control these founding stories.

  • Partly because Ben was as naturally and effortlessly impeccable as Astaire or Cary Grant, or any other mythic style-setter.

  • Even his alliterative name had mythic qualities: Ben Bradlee.

  • This animal is also a favourite mythic form of expression in Merlin's famous prophesy.

  • Sometimes, in these legends, the very names of the Teutonic mythic personages are preserved.

  • With the battle of Bravalla the mythic age of Denmark and the North comes to an end.

  • Of the mythic age I suppose almost every circumstance to have been imported, and adopted; or else to be a fable.

  • It differs entirely from the Irish legends which I have heard on the subject—and is of a truly mythic character.