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mythical

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

神话般的,神话般地,神话般,神话般的

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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.make-believe

Examples

  • Going into 2016, that contributed to a sense that Wisconsin was a safe bet for Hillary Clinton — part of the mythical “blue wall.”

  • Shown photos of a horse and a rhino, and told a unicorn is something in between, they can recognize the mythical creature in a picture book the first time they see it.

  • A house wasn’t just a place to live but the expression of a mythical world.

  • At Çatalhöyük a house wasn’t just a place to live but the material expression of a mythical world.

  • Like the mythical half-human, half-horse creatures, centaurs in the solar system are hybrids between asteroids and comets.

  • What had seemed to be a theoretical and almost mythical project is just about to take concrete form.

  • As a child, he worshipped leaders like Malcolm X and remembers having imagining Africa as a mythical place.

  • Bulbous columns, winding staircases, and whimsical bas-reliefs of mythical creatures wrap around the palace.

  • The notion of a “spread”—the mythical Texas ranch that every Texas cowboy hopes for—fueled his imagination.

  • The philosopher, Plato, linked Santorini with the mythical lost city of Atlantis that sank beneath the waves.

  • Directors were to us junior clerks, remote personalities, mythical beings dwelling on Olympian heights.

  • The Board of Trade is more or less a mythical body, but very practical I found it on these and all other occasions.

  • The Civilized Nations, however, had recorded annals not altogether mythical.

  • This humourist is gradually “winning his way to the mythical.”

  • The naked figures of these mythical beings are first completely and accurately drawn and then the clothing is put on.