folklore
n. 民间传说; 民俗学; 民间创作
Folklore is the traditional stories, customs, and habits of a particular community or nation.
In Chinese folklore the bat is an emblem of good fortune.
在中国的民间传说中蝙蝠是好运的象征。
1. the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Most moving folklore is orally handed down in the countryside.
草野田间,流传着许多动人的故事.
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 vocabulary of folklore and the folk adages have intersections. We can't disjoin them completely.
因此民俗语汇的品类中有俗语成分,民俗语汇与俗语有交叉, 二者不是截然分开的.
In Western folklore, dragons are usually portrayed as evil, with exceptions mainly in modern fiction.
在西部民间传说, 龙通常被刻画作为罪恶, 有例外主要在现代小说.
Here time has changed but not diminished the role of folklore.
虽然岁月流逝,时代变迁,这一民风却始终保存下来.