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folklore

noun
🔊/ˈfəʊklɔː(r)/
🔊/ˈfəʊklɔːr/
[uncountable]
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  1. the traditions and stories of a country or community民间传统；民俗；民间传说
    • Irish/Indian folklore爱尔兰／印度民俗
    • The story rapidly became part of family folklore.这个故事很快就成为家族传说的一部分。🔊🔊
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    • Local folklore has it that prehistoric men drove cattle over these cliffs.当地民间传说中称史前人类把野牛从这些悬崖上驱赶下去。
    • The victory became part of sporting folklore.那次胜利已成为人们津津乐道的体育传奇故事。
    • a character in American folklore美国民间传说中的一个人物
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • popular
    • local
    • baseball
    • …
    verb + folklore
    • be part of
    • become part of
    • enter
    • …
    folklore + verb
    • have it that…
    preposition
    • according to folklore
    • in…folklore
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