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n. 民俗学, 民间风俗, 民间传说

  1. The singer devoted his whole life in study of the folklore in the northwest part of China.
    这位歌手终生致力于研究中国西北部的民间传说。
  2. One of a race of elves in Irish folklore who can reveal hidden treasure to someone who catches him.
    矮妖精爱尔兰民间传说中一种小精灵,可以向抓住它的人指示隐藏的宝藏
  3. Rumors of their antics became part of the folklore of Hollywood.
    他们滑稽动作的传闻成了好莱坞民间传说的一部分


folklore
[ noun ]
the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
<noun.cognition>


Folklore \Folk"lore`\, n., or Folk lore \Folk" lore`\ .
Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the
people; the unwritten literature of a culture, such as
stories, proverbs, riddles and songs. --Trench.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

  1. It's also a nostalgic look back to the 1960s, with reams of beautiful folklore prints from the likes of Yves Saint Laurent and Ungaro.
  2. As a result, for about 30 years, "scholars by and large have written off the biblical record as so much folklore and religious rhetoric," Wood said.
  3. He did a lot of things for a lot of people." Jefferies' rapid rise, generosity and crashing downfall are part of the folklore of the 1980s takeover boom.
  4. MARSEILLES is one of those cities that exist in anti-legend: fogged by folklore and apocryphal fame, but all of a faintly dubious kind.
  5. Old folklore provides few answers to those under new kinds of stress.
  6. Mrs. Nagy works as a part-time editor of folklore literature to supplement the family income, and three of her four children take odd jobs for pocket money.
  7. The Thatcher bossiness, the fabled furies, have become part of the national folklore _ a sort of joke in which she herself occasionally joins.
  8. In Russia, the very words 'Uruguayski Raund' generate disbelief and scorn. For the French, though, international trade policy plays the same role as vampires in Transylvanian folklore.
  9. The quakes have become part of the folklore of the region _ "It's Our Fault," a T-shirt proclaims.
  10. He seems fascinated by "Milagro's" folklore and mysticism but detached from it emotionally.
  11. Another influence for next winter is the enthusiastic embrace of folklore, especially by leading designers like Ungaro, Saint Laurent and Christian Lacroix.
  12. Americo Paredes, professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin and developer of numerous programs on folklore and Mexican-American culture.
  13. The fourth, a black creature called Big Jim, escaped and disappeared into island folklore.
  14. "They've already taken away our language in schools," he said. "Now they want to take away our folklore, tradition, heritage, culture.
  15. People think there's incest and all that, but that's not really true." The actual origins of the Ramapo people are obscured by fallible memory, folklore and prejudice.
  16. "There is still a notion that folklore is baloney.
  17. The date, known in folklore as Midsummer, had been a time for parties and frivolity to celebrate the season.
  18. The mystery and the romance of Locke's dodgy relationship with his public was part of the folklore Mr. Chelsom grew up with in Blackpool, the seaside resort where the tenor regularly sang.
  19. The "kissing rock" sits just inside the main gate of the Carthage campus, and folklore has it that any student who sits on it is fair game for a kiss.
  20. "The accident caused everyone to question the industry folklore that a plane could fly forever," said A. Maurice Myers, president of Aloha Airlines.
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