An apocryphal story is one that many people know and keep telling, but it is probably not true — or nobody can prove it. Teachers, journalists, and people who enjoy a good tale use it with a small warning in the voice: do not trust this all the way.

An apocryphal storyapocryphal 的故事 is one that many people know and keep telling是那種很多人知道、一直流傳的故事, but it is probably not true但很可能不是真的 — or nobody can prove it或者根本沒人能證實。Teachers, journalists, and people who enjoy a good tale老師、記者，還有喜歡說故事的人 use it with a small warning in the voice用這個字時，語氣裡會帶著一點小小的警告: do not trust this all the way不要全盤相信這個。

It is a slightly bookish adjective, not an everyday playground word.

It它 is a slightly bookish adjective是一個有點書卷氣的形容詞, not an everyday playground word不是操場上日常會用的字。

Though actually, it was first tied to the Apocrypha, those extra Bible books of “hidden” or unofficial standing. The “well-known but doubtful” meaning is later (from about 1590), and that is almost always the meaning you will meet outside a religion class.

Though actually不過其實, it was first tied to the Apocrypha它最早跟 Apocrypha 有關, those extra Bible books of "hidden" or unofficial standing也就是那些地位「隱密」或不算正典的額外聖經書卷。The "well-known but doubtful" meaning「眾所皆知但真假存疑」這個意思 is later (from about 1590)是後來才有的（大約從1590年開始）, and that is almost always the meaning you will meet outside a religion class而在宗教課以外，你幾乎都會遇到這個意思。

It does not, in ordinary talk, simply mean “secret.”

It它 does not, in ordinary talk在一般說話裡，並不, simply mean "secret."單純表示「秘密」的意思。