英语释义

1. an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true
the urban legend of alligators living in the sewers — called also urban myth

2. a story about an unusual event or occurrence that many people believe is true but that is not true

片语

Urban Legend 2下一个就是你

fame使闻名，使有名望

urban legend detail都会传说

Urban City Limo Legend城市豪华轿车3D传奇修改版

urban n legend都市传奇

rumor谣言；传闻

Urban Legend in Limbo东方深秘录

英汉例句

• an active internet hoax, of the urban legend type, falsely claims that kfc (kentucky fried chicken) is using genetically engineered organisms instead of chickens.

  一则流行的网络骗局，以谣言的形式，错误地声明kfc（肯塔基炸鸡）使用的是转基因有机物而不是真正的鸡。

• that「s just an urban legend - it」s not real!

  那只是一个传言，不是真实的。

• generally speaking, an urban legend is any modern, fictional story, told as truth, that reaches a wide audience by being passed from person to person.

  粗略而言，都市传奇指的是经过人们互相传达，为众人知晓并信以为真的当代的、虚构的故事。

• in lieu of evidence, the teller of an urban legend relies on narrativeskill and reference to allegedly trustworthy sources (e.g., 「i heardthis from a friend of a friend」) to bolster its credibility.

  一个讲述都市传说的人更加依赖于他叙事的技巧而不是实实在在的证据，并且会提及到一些故事来源（比如「我是从一个朋友的朋友那里听说的」）来支撑故事的真实性。

• urban legend says that he is a graduate of harvard, the only perfect score of people, in fact, he got a b in the fourth grade, while others are very rare perfect score in order to graduate.

  都市传说说他是哈佛唯一以满分毕业的人，其实他在四年级得了一个乙级，而其他人则很罕见地以满分毕业。

• mothman is one of the very well known urban legend in the area of virginia. mothman is described has a wing and human-high, red-eyed, sometimes appear without any heads and red eyes in the chest.

  蛾人是佛吉尼亚州众所周知的传说之一，它被人们描绘成一个长着翅膀和红眼睛，有时无头，眼睛长在胸部的类人形象。

• the urban legend is part of our make-up.

  部分城市的传说是我们的化妆。

• don「t buy the urban legend that inuit cultures have hundreds of words for snow.

  据说，因纽特文化在雪一词的解释上有几百个。 千万不要相信这种坊间说法。

• the urban legend reference web site snopes.com put the kibosh on the rumor that gum stays in you for years, and medical science confirms the site」s conclusion.

  urban legend引述snopes.com的文章，终结了「口胶在身体里呆几年」的说法，医学研究也证实了网站的结论。