【单选题】

In every little girl’s toy box, there might be aBarbieDoll.Barbie is 50 years old this year. It was designed in 1959 by anAmerican businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husbandElliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughterBarbar

A、The firstBarbieDoll appeared at the toy fair(交易会) in New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used asBarbie’s birthday.
Matte1 sold three hundred thousandBarbieDolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-oldBarbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least oneBarbieDoll.And girls aged three to six own an average(平均) of about twelve.
When Mattel createdBarbieDolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. NowBarbieDolls are famous all over the worlD、They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second threeBarbieDolls are sold around the worlD、
What does the underlined word "legend" mean in the passage
A、传播
B．传奇
C．传承
D．传达