legend
英 ['ledʒ(ə)nd]
美['lɛdʒənd]
- n. 传奇；说明；图例；刻印文字
- n. (Legend)人名；(西)莱亨德；(英)莱金德
词态变化
复数: legends;
助记提示
legend-----里瓦尔多的腿 +end （最后）成为一个传奇-------------n.传说
2. 分尸法：leg end 一条腿（leg）走到终点（end），还不够传奇(legend)吗？
2. 分尸法：leg end 一条腿（leg）走到终点（end），还不够传奇(legend)吗？
中文词源
legend 传说，地图图例，刻印文字
来自拉丁语legere,读，说，词源同lecture.原指读，讲述宗教圣徒的生平事迹，后词义引申为使徒传说或传奇。现也用于地图图例等词义。
英英释意
- 1. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- 2. brief description accompanying an illustration
英文词源
- legend
- legend: see lecture
- legend (n.)
- early 14c., "narrative dealing with a happening or an event," from Old French legende (12c., Modern French légende) and directly from Medieval Latin legenda "legend, story," literally "(things) to be read," on certain days in church, etc., from Latin legendus, neuter plural gerundive of legere "to read, gather, select" (see lecture (n.)).
Used originally of saints' lives; extended sense of "nonhistorical or mythical story" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "writing or inscription" (especially on a coin or medal) is from 1610s; on a map, illustration, etc., from 1903.
考试真题
- There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world, says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- Legend tells of one general who flew musical kites over the enemy’s camp.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- "There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world," says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.
2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- It reached the 23rd floor, and it's legend continued to grow on social media with every floor it climbed.
2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A
- Service stations came with the motor way and the legend of the transport café was born.
2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
- The legend says that when seven girls were attacked by bears, they took refuge on top of a small rock, and they appealed to the Rock God for help.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- Small wonder that an Indian legend described Devils Tower as being formed by supernatural powers.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- Even today, says the legend, the girls can be seen above the towering rock as seven shining stars in the night sky.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- So what made him the legend he still is today?
出自-2010年6月听力原文
- A legend, also called a key, is a guide to the symbols and colors used in the graph.
2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- A pie graph might include a legend, or it might use icons or labels within each slice.
2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- They began as a modestly successful musician group and ended the year as show business legends传说.
2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文
- When used in a graph, a legend is a guide to the symbols and colors.
2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设
实用场景例句
- the legend of Robin Hood
- 罗宾汉的传奇故事
牛津词典
- the heroes of Greek legend
- 希腊传说中的英雄
牛津词典
- Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a god.
- 据传说这个湖是一位神仙的眼泪积聚而成的。
牛津词典
- a jazz/tennis, etc. legend
- 爵士乐、网球等的传奇人物
牛津词典
- She was a legend in her own lifetime .
- 她在世的时候就是一个传奇人物。
牛津词典
- Many of golf's living legends were playing.
- 当时有许多当世高尔夫球传奇选手在打球。
牛津词典
- ...the legends of ancient Greece...
- 古希腊传说
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the Robin Hood legend...
- 罗宾汉传奇
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...blues legends John Lee Hooker and B.B. King.
- 布鲁斯音乐大师约翰·李·胡克和B. B. 金
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The incident has since become a family legend...
- 此事自此成为了家族传奇。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His frequent brushes with death are the stuff of legend among the press.
- 他频繁地与死神擦肩而过，成了报章杂志的热门猛料。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In arthurian legend, the site of King arthur's court.
- 在英国亚瑟王传奇中亚瑟王的王宫所在地.
期刊摘选
- Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood a commander in France's prestigious Legion of Honour.
- 好莱坞传奇人物克林·伊斯威特加冕法国声名显赫的荣誉勋章.
期刊摘选
- The legendary hero robbed the wealth to improve the poor.
- 传说中的英雄劫富济贫.
期刊摘选
- Legend from ancient Egyptian that was a beautiful woman married many years but no child.
- 相传古埃及有一位美艳女子,结婚多年却未曾生育.
期刊摘选
- A legend is: an old story people tell of heroes.
- 传奇: 旧故事人谈到英雄.
期刊摘选
- Easter rabbit about to become the mascot, a section of legend.
- 关于兔子成为复活节的吉祥物, 是有一段传说的.
期刊摘选
- So Adi Wang for the human family is always just a legend.
- 所以阿迪王对于人族来说永远只是个传说.
期刊摘选
- Mr. Thomas, here is a call for you from Mr. Ford from the Legend Company.
- 托马斯先生, 有位联想公司的福特先生想和您通话.
期刊摘选
- He told us the legend of the ghostly horseman.
- 他给我们讲幽灵骑士的传说.
《简明英汉词典》
- Don't about big sister : I am only legend.
- 别迷恋姐,姐只是个传说.
期刊摘选
- The legend passed down from age to age.
- 这个传说一代一代地传下去.
期刊摘选
- The film retells the famous legend with a Marxist spin.
- 这部电影用马克思主义的观点重述了那个著名的传说.
《简明英汉词典》
- Adds a customizable legend or reference to your Conceptual Web Site diagram.
- 向网站总体设计图添加可自定义的图例或引用.
期刊摘选
- Welcome to Shanjuan Scenic Zone to enjoy legend of the eternal love.
- 善卷洞风景区热情欢迎您的到来,在粱祝的故乡回味那永恒爱情传说.
期刊摘选
- The seaside being frightened show the legend middle mermaid body!
- 海边的惊现传说中美人鱼尸体!
期刊摘选
- According to ancient legend, the river is a goddess.
- 据古代传说, 这条河是位女神.
《简明英汉词典》