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legend

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Related topics: Mythology
le·gend1 /ˈledʒənd/ ●●○ noun
1  [countableC, uncountableU]STORY an old well-known story, often about brave people, adventures, or magical events 傳說，傳奇(故事) → myth
a book of ancient Greek legends
一本講述古希臘傳說的書
legend of
the legend of St George and the dragon
聖喬治和龍的傳說
according to legend
According to legend, he escaped by leaping from the cliffs into the sea.
據傳，他是跳崖入海逃生的。
Local legend has it that (=says that) the island was the original Garden of Eden.
當地傳說這個島就是伊甸園的原型。
► see thesaurus at story
2  [countableC]FAMOUS someone who is famous and admired for being extremely good at doing something 傳奇人物
tennis/footballing/music etc legend
We must put more money into the sport if we want to create the tennis legends of the future.
我們若想造就未來網壇的傳奇人物，就必須在這項運動上投入更多資金。
a marvellous player who was a legend in his own lifetime
在世的時候是一名傳奇人物的傑出球員
► see thesaurus at star → living legend at living1(6)
n3  be a legend British EnglishBrE informal to be a person that you admire a lot – used especially by young people
My stepfather is an absolute legend.
4  [countableC] literary words that have been written somewhere, for example on a sign 〔匾額等上的〕镌刻文字，銘文
A sign above the door bore the legend ‘Patience is a Virtue’.
門的上方有一塊匾額，上面寫着“忍耐即美德”。
5. [countableC] technical the words that explain a picture or map 〔圖片或地圖的〕文字說明，圖例 → key
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
an old/ancient legend
You will have heard the old legend about how the rocks were formed.
a local legend
According to a local legend, the tree was planted by a wizard.
a popular legend (=one that many people believe)
A popular legend grew up about him.
a Greek/Roman/Celtic etc legend
the figure of Hercules in Greek legend
Arthurian legend(s) (=the legends about King Arthur of Britain)
The castle of Camelot plays an important role in Arthurian legend.
verbs
become legend/pass into legend
The incident became legend.
a legend grew (up) (=developed over time)
The legend of his bravery grew after he killed the dragon.
(the) legend says
Legend says King Arthur’s sword was thrown into one of the pools here.
the legend tells how
The legend tells how the King of Troy offended Poseidon, the sea god.
the legend goes (=says)
Two people, so the legend goes, refused to flee.
a legend is attached to something (=connected with it)
The cave has an unusual legend attached to it.
phrases
legend has it that (=says that)
Legend has it that Rhodes was home to the sun god Helios.
be the subject of legend (also be the stuff of legend) (=have stories told about them)
The island has long been the subject of legend.
myths and legends
I read and reread the Greek myths and legends.
Examples from the Corpus
legend• Legend has it that Sarah Heln, who died in 1913, was shut alive inside a lead coffin.• Among Mexican music fans, Fernandez is a legend.• The guy is a legend around the plant.• Joey, a legend among motor-cycling fans in Ulster, has always been a man of the people.• Khan had topped the field for ten years and was a legend in his sport.• His stories about that night became legend.• To kick off the event, he invited fitness legend Jack LaLanne to cavort with the models.• Michael Jordan is a living legend of basketball.• the rock and roll legend Elvis Presley• The media could not resist the combination of pop meeting sporting legend.• Details of wounding are given in the legend to Table 1.• According to the legend, Bodhidharma fell asleep in the course of an extremely long meditation.• The Legend of Prince Valiant• the legend of Robin Hood• According to legend, the whole castle was washed into the sea.
according to legend• That city had, according to legend, been destroyed in ancient times by fire from heaven.
tennis/footballing/music etc legend• The Wizard of the Dribble:A footballing legend comes to lunch.
legend2n adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE informal
nvery good – used especially by young people
This song is absolutely legend!
Origin legend
(1300-1400) French légende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legere “to gather, choose, read”

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