"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).
双语例句
1. According to local folklore it is an evil place.
据当地民间传说，那是个不祥的地方。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
来自《权威词典》
3. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. This village has its own traditional dress, cuisine, folklore and handicrafts.
这个村子有自己传统的服饰 、 烹调 、 民俗和手工艺.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.
