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Halcyon is almost always found in the phrase halcyon days (or halcyon years): a time in the past that feels calm, safe, and happy when you look back. People say it when they are a little wistful — the quiet years before the hard ones started. It is a , rather formal word; you will not hear it much from young people in the street. The old story behind it is a : in Greek myth the bird nested on the sea, and the gods kept the still for those days. So the word still carries “calm” as well as “happy then.” You would not usually call a person halcyon.
美好的往日（的）
組成From Latin halcyōn / alcyōn, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών, “kingfisher.”
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
halcyonnoun/ˈhælsi.ən/
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A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
- the Halcyon bird, or as some call it Alcedo or Kings-fisher, exceeds all mens conceit. […] Gods decree hath been, that all the watrie wildernesse should be quiet and made calme, without raine, wind, or tempest, during the time the Halcyon sitteth and bringeth forth her young-ones […]
- Amidſt our Arms as quiet you ſhall be / As Halcyons Brooding on a Winter Sea.
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A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
- 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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A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
halcyonadj/ˈhælsi.ən/
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Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
- Renege; affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks / With every gale and vary of their masters,
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Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
- Reflections of this kind may have trifling weight with men who hope to see realized in America the halcyon scenes of the poetic or fabulous age.
- Deep, halcyon repose.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。