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halcyon

C2 noun

halcyon /ˈhælsi.ən/ nghĩa là chim bói cá (thần thoại)

Các nghĩa

  1. chim bói cá (thần thoại)

    A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.

    poetic

    Amidſt our Arms as quiet you ſhall be / As Halcyons Brooding on a Winter Sea.

  2. xác chim bói cá (dùng làm chong chóng gió)

    The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.

    poetic

    But novv hovv ſtands the vvind? / Into vvhat corner peeres my Halcions bill?

    Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks / With every gale and vary of their master

  3. chim bói cá thuộc chi Halcyon

    A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

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