legend

英 ['led?(?)nd] 美['l?d??nd]

CET6TEM4CET4IELTSGRE考研TOEFL中低頻詞核心詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?legends;

legend-----里瓦爾多的腿?+end?（最后）成為一個(gè)傳奇-------------n.傳說
2. 分尸法：leg end 一條腿（leg）走到終點(diǎn)（end），還不夠傳奇(legend)嗎？

legend 傳說，地圖圖例，刻印文字

來自拉丁語legere,讀，說，詞源同lecture.原指讀，講述宗教圣徒的生平事跡，后詞義引申為使徒傳說或傳奇。現(xiàn)也用于地圖圖例等詞義。

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.

1. His pitching was a legend among major league hitters.: 他的投球在大聯(lián)盟的擊球員中是個(gè)傳奇。

2. He could not possibly have been poisoned as popular legend has it.: 他不可能像民間傳說的那樣被下了毒。

3. He has become a legend in the annals of military history.: 他已成為軍事史上的一個(gè)傳奇。