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mythos

/mith-os, mahy-thos/US // ˈmɪθ ɒs, ˈmaɪ θɒs //UK // (ˈmaɪθɒs, ˈmɪθɒs) //

神话故事,神话,神话传说,神话世界

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural myth·oi [mith-oi, mahy-thoi]. /ˈmɪθ ɔɪ, ˈmaɪ θɔɪ/.

    • : the underlying system of beliefs, especially those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group.
    • : myth.
    • : mythology.

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Examples

  • Of course, the prevailing mythos presents high school football as the ultimate builder of character.

  • Music Box: An ornate music box that figures prominently into the Dark Shadows mythos.

  • But for all of her comic relief, Blankenship became a tragic figure in the Mad Men mythos, dying silently at her desk.

  • Yet still more striking than this, is the part which the dove plays in the Indian mythos of the birth of the Hindoo Saviour.

  • The suggested area was not beyond the limits of the Greek mythos.

  • Tis the old sweet mythos,the infant nourished at the fathers breast.

  • Every human being has his invisible angel, says the mythos; both are different and yet resemble each other.

  • Had she only lived earlier in the century she might easily have become the centre of a mythos.