folklore
英 ['fəʊklɔː]
美 ['foklɔr]
英文詞源
- folklore (n.)
- "traditional beliefs and customs of the common people," 1846, coined by antiquarian William J. Thoms (1803-1885) as an Anglo-Saxonism (replacing popular antiquities) in imitation of German compounds in Volk- and first published in the "Athenaeum" of Aug. 22, 1846; see folk + lore. Old English folclar meant "homily."
This word revived folk in a modern sense of "of the common people, whose culture is handed down orally," and opened up a flood of compound formations: Folk art (1892), folk-hero (1874), folk-medicine (1877), folk-tale (1850; Old English folctalu meant "genealogy"), folk-song (1847, "a song of the people," translating German Volkslied), folk-singer (1876), folk-dance (1877).
雙語例句
- 1. According to local folklore it is an evil place.
- 據當地民間傳說，那是個不祥的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The story rapidly became part of family folklore.
- 這個故事很快就成為家族傳說的一部分。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Local folklore has it that prehistoric men drove cattle over these cliffs.
- 當地民間傳說中稱,史前人類把野牛從這些懸崖上驅趕下去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. This village has its own traditional dress, cuisine, folklore and handicrafts.
- 這個村子有自己傳統的服飾 、 烹調 、 民俗和手工藝.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.
- 諸葛亮在民間傳說中成了智慧的代名詞.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》