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apocryphal

adjective
🔊/əˈpɒkrɪfl/
🔊/əˈpɑːkrɪfl/
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  1. (of a story传说) well known, but probably not true流传甚广但不足为凭的；虚构的
    • Most of the stories about him are apocryphal.关于他的传闻多属虚构。🔊🔊
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryApocryphal is used with these nouns:
    • gospel
    • story
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from apocrypha + -al.