old wives' tale

old wives' tale

美 　英

• na.无稽之谈

英汉解释

na.

1. 无稽之谈

英英解释

n.	1. a traditional belief or story, passed down by word of mouth, that is now considered untrue or superstitious

例句

Eating carrots to help you see in the dark is an old wives' tale-it doesn't make any difference at all.

吃胡萝卜能帮助人在黑暗里看得清东西，这种说是无稽之谈——实际上毫无作用。

The old wives' tale about chewing everything 20 times might be true - if you did take a bit more time eating, it could have an impact.

老妈妈嚼什么东西都要嚼20次的故事应该是有道理的——如果你稍微多咀嚼一会儿，那么这可能真会对减少肥胖产生有益影响。

After the publication of The Old Wives'Tale (1908), Bennett said that he would "never be able to do better" .

《老妇谭》（1908）出版之后，贝氏曾一度认为他“再也写不出更好的作品了”。

The concept of "beauty sleep" isn't an old wives' tale.

“美容觉”的概念可不是无稽之谈。

It is an old wives tale that sex is bad for the fetus once it is past a certain stage of growth.

老年妇女常说一旦胎儿长到一定阶段，性交就是危险的。

'Constant jumping makes you grow taller' is an old wives' tale.

不停地跳能让人长高的说法纯属无稽之谈。

I did not trust the information because it might be old wives' tale.

我不相信这资料，因为可能是无稽之谈。

CONSUME more water and you will become much healthier, goes an old wives' tale.

一直以来都流传着这样的神话：喝更多的水会让你变得健康。

The old wives' tale that a woman loses one tooth for every child she delivers may, in fact, contain a grain of truth.

女人每生一个孩子就掉一颗牙这种无稽之谈事实上可能包含一点点真理。

In the past, the westerners looked on the acupuncture treatment as just an old wives'tale.

过去，西方人把针灸治疗视为无稽之谈。

How can you believe in such an old wives' tale?

你怎么能相信这么不科学的迂腐思想呢？

The saying "Lightning never strikes twice in the same place" is a dangerous old wives' tale that has brought death to many people.

“雷永远不会在同一地方打第二次”这一谚语是很危险的迷信，曾经使许多人丧生。

The claim that garlic wards off vampires is just old wives' tale.

说什么蒜头可以驱赶吸血鬼，只是三姑六婆之言。

One old wives' tale that has endured is that if a woman carries her unborn baby low, then it will be a boy.

根据一则流传至今的老妇人的故事，如果孕妇腹中胎儿的位置较低，那么就会是个男孩。

Is it an old wives tale or can deaf people actually see better?

聋人的视力真的比正常人好吗？还是这只是老妇人的传说？

Blaming House Foundation for Poverty only Brought Him to Misery--Tragedy of Old Wives'Tale

贫穷怪屋基迷信好凄惨--迷信悲歌之三