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
- : 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.
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