"traditional beliefs and customs of the common people," 1846, coined by antiquarian William J. Thoms (1803-1885) as an Anglo-Saxonism (replacing popular antiquities) in imitation of German compounds in Volk- and first published in the "Athenaeum" of Aug. 22, 1846; see folk + lore. Old English folclar meant "homily."
This word revived folk in a modern sense of "of the common people, whose culture is handed down orally," and opened up a flood of compound formations: Folk art (1892), folk-hero (1874), folk-medicine (1877), folk-tale (1850; Old English folctalu meant "genealogy"), folk-song (1847, "a song of the people," translating German Volkslied), folk-singer (1876), folk-dance (1877).
雙語例句
1. According to local folklore it is an evil place.
據當地民間傳說，那是個不祥的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The story rapidly became part of family folklore.
這個故事很快就成為家族傳說的一部分。
來自《權威詞典》
3. Local folklore has it that prehistoric men drove cattle over these cliffs.
當地民間傳說中稱,史前人類把野牛從這些懸崖上驅趕下去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. This village has its own traditional dress, cuisine, folklore and handicrafts.
這個村子有自己傳統的服飾 、 烹調 、 民俗和手工藝.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.