halcyon
halcyon
[ˈhalsɪən, -ʃ(ə)n]
adjective
[ˈhalsɪən, -ʃ(ə)n]
adjective
- denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful
（昔日的岁月）田园诗般美好的，平静幸福的，太平时期的
the halcyon days of the mid 1980s, when profits were soaring.
20世纪80年代中期高盈利的太平时期。
- a tropical Asian and African kingfisher with brightly coloured plumage
翡翠鸟 - Genus Halcyon, family Alcedinidae: many species
翡翠属，翠鸟科：多种 - a mythical bird said by ancient writers to breed in a nest floating at sea at the winter solstice, charming the wind and waves into calm
神翠鸟（神话中冬至时在海上漂流的巢中繁殖的神鸟，能平定风浪）
- late Middle English (in the mythological sense): via Latin from Greek alkuōn 'kingfisher' (also halkuōn, by association with hals 'sea' and kuōn 'conceiving')
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