halcyon
halcyon /ˈhælsi.ən/ nghĩa là chim bói cá (thần thoại)
Các nghĩa
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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.
Amidſt our Arms as quiet you ſhall be / As Halcyons Brooding on a Winter Sea.
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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.
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
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chim bói cá thuộc chi Halcyon
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
Dạng khác
- halcyons plural