mythical

英 [ˈmɪθɪkl]

美 [ˈmɪθɪkl]

adj.  神话的; 神话里的; 并不存在的; 虚无的; 不真实的

TOEFL

BNC.13726 / COCA.10983

牛津词典

adj.

• 神话的；神话里的
  existing only in ancient myths
  1. mythical beasts/heroes
     神话里的野兽 / 英雄
• 并不存在的；虚无的；不真实的
  that does not exist or is not true
• 并不存在的；虚无的；不真实的
  that does not exist or is not true

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 神话的;只存在于神话中的
  Something or someone that ismythicalexists only in myths and is therefore imaginary.
  1. ...the Hydra, the mythical beast that had seven or more heads.
     许德拉，神话里有7个或更多脑袋的怪兽
  2. ...traditional stories woven around a pantheon of gods and mythical figures.
     围绕万神庙里的众神和其他神话人物而展开的传统故事
• ADJ-GRADED 虚构的;杜撰的
  If you describe something asmythical, you mean that it is untrue or does not exist.
  1. ...the American West, not the mythical, romanticized West of cowboys and gunslingers, but the real West.
     美国西部，不是虚构的、充满浪漫色彩的有牛仔和枪手的美国西部，而是真正的美国西部
  2. ...trying to preserve a mythical sense of nationhood.
     试图保留一种虚构的民族感

英英释义

adj

• based on or told of in traditional stories
  1. mythical centaurs
  2. the fabulous unicorn
  Synonym:fabulousmythicmythologicmythological

双语例句

• Then these three mythical systems are different, so those bifurcations came into being.
  这样，这三神属于的神话系统是不一样的，所以发生了这些分歧。
• A mythical historical narrative to justify the case for such a protracted war is already being articulated.
  为证明这场旷日持久的战争的合理性，有人已经采用了一种神话般的历史叙事方式。
• The stories are full of mythical beings.
  这故事里充满了神话人物。
• He was like a mythical creature.
  他像一个神话动物。
• Its moon probes were named after the country's mythical Moon Goddess "Chang'e".
  它的月球探测器被命名后，该国的神话中月亮女神“嫦娥”。
• It is a mythical subject, the dragon is related to power, health, harmony and good fortune.
  这是个虚构的主题。龙与权力、健康、和谐和好运相关。
• Providence had grown mythical in his thoughts, if not malicious.
  他头脑中产生了一种奇怪的，如果不是恶意的深谋远虑。
• The unicorn is a mythical creature with a single horn.
  独角兽是神话中仅长一只角的一种怪兽。
• Archetypal criticism refers to the investigation and analysis of archetypal and mythical narrative patterns, character types, themes and motifs in literature and their recurrence in literature.
  原型批评指的是对文学中原型的与神话的叙事模式、人物类型、主题与母题，或是对这些因素在文学中的复现进行的研究分析。
• From this union was born Aeneas, the mythical ancestor of the Roman people.
  他们结合后生下艾尼阿斯，他是神话中说的罗马人的祖先。