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helicon

/hel-i-kon, -kuhn/US // ˈhɛl ɪˌkɒn, -kən //UK // (ˈhɛlɪkən) //

直升机,直昇机,直昇機,直立

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a coiled tuba carried over the shoulder and used especially in military bands.

Examples

  • The poet "as those wreathes up go" sees Helicon's fresh founts flowing clearer and purer.

  • Then, cleansing the fountain of Helicon from slime and rushes, he restored to the waters their first chastity and sweetness.

  • Parnassus and Helicon were hills consecrated to the Muses, and the supposed place of their abode.

  • Parnassus was forked on the top; and from Helicon ran a stream, the spring of which was called the Muses' well.

  • The present Edition is improved by a copy in England's Helicon, edit.