legend的意思是什么

1. 传奇，传说
2. 铭文；刻字，刻印文字
3. 说明，解释，插图的说明
4. 图例，地图的图例
5. 传奇故事，传奇文学
6. 传奇人物，传说中的人
7. 神话
8. 伟人传
9. 题跋
10. 【宗】圣徒故事集

1. [C]传说,传奇故事 an old story about great deeds and men of ancient times having slight possible base in truth
2. [C]传奇人物 a famous person or act, especially in a particular area of activity

1.传说；传奇
Alegend is a very old and popular story that may be true.

legend

e.g. ...the legends of ancient Greece...
古希腊传说
e.g. ...the Robin Hoodlegend...
罗宾汉传奇

2.传奇人物；巨匠；大师
If you refer to someone as alegend, you mean that they are very famous and admired by a lot of people.

e.g. ...blues legends John Lee Hooker and B.B. King.
布鲁斯音乐大师约翰·李·胡克和B. B. 金

3.传奇故事；家喻户晓的故事；热门故事
Alegend is a story that people talk about, concerning people, places, or events that exist or are famous at the present time.

e.g. The incident has since become a familylegend...
此事自此成为了家族传奇。
e.g. His frequent brushes with death are the stuff oflegend among the press.
他频繁地与死神擦肩而过，成了报章杂志的热门猛料。

1. This is a popular legend.
   这是一个民间传说。
2. He is the hero of Greek legend.
   他是希腊传说中的英雄。
3. There are many legends in China.
   中国有许多传说。
4. He was a legend in his own lifetime for his scientific discoveries.
   由于自己的科学发现,他在他那个时代是个传奇人物。

• The Legend containing Scriptures, Homilies, and Lives of the Saints.

  出自：E. C. Thomas

legend, account, anecdote, fable, myth, story, tale

这组词都可表示叙事性的文字。其区别是：

1.account, fable, legend, myth, story, tale是一般用词; anecdote是正式用词。

2.account指对于某事的详细说明,原原本本,有头有尾,多用于报道事实; story指取悦于人的完整故事,有人物,有情节,有头有尾,可口头也可书面,可真实也可虚构,体裁上则既可为诗体,也可为散文体; anecdote指轶事趣闻,一般较短,有趣味; fable指寓言,主人公多为拟人化的动物或非生物,多为虚构,旨在说明一个道理或教训,而寓言则多在结尾处点明; legend 指民间传说或传奇故事,多含虚幻成分; myth指神话,特指与宗教或原始文明有关的故事,多以超人的力量去解释自然现象或人生; tale指故事或传说,即或有事实根据也多添枝加叶或夸张,含荒唐不可信的意味。