folklore

英 ['f??kl??] 美['fokl?r]

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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).

1. According to local folklore it is an evil place.: 據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)孛耖g傳說(shuō)，那是個(gè)不祥的地方。

2. The story rapidly became part of family folklore.: 這個(gè)故事很快就成為家族傳說(shuō)的一部分。

3. Local folklore has it that prehistoric men drove cattle over these cliffs.: 當(dāng)?shù)孛耖g傳說(shuō)中稱,史前人類把野牛從這些懸崖上驅(qū)趕下去.

4. This village has its own traditional dress, cuisine, folklore and handicrafts.: 這個(gè)村子有自己傳統(tǒng)的服飾、烹調(diào) 、民俗和手工藝.

5. Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.: 諸葛亮在民間傳說(shuō)中成了智慧的代名詞.