halcyon

英 [ˈhælsiən]

美 [ˈhælsiən]

adj.  平安幸福的
n.  翡翠鸟; 传说中的太平鸟

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.21136 / COCA.28036

牛津词典

adj.

• 平安幸福的
  peaceful and happy
  1. the halcyon days of her youth
     她年轻时幸福安宁的日子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （旧日时光）美好的，安宁幸福的
  Ahalcyontime is a time in the past that was peaceful or happy.
  1. It was all a far cry from those halcyon days in 1990, when he won three tournaments on the European tour.
     这和1990年的那些美好时光大不相同，当时他在欧洲巡回赛中赢得了3场锦标赛。

英英释义

noun

• a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves

adj

• marked by peace and prosperity
  1. a golden era
  2. the halcyon days of the clipper trade
  Synonym:goldenprosperous
• idyllically calm and peaceful
  1. a halcyon atmosphere

双语例句

• "Don't kick, old man," remarked the manager." If it don't go the first week we will cut it out. "Carrie had no warning of this halcyon intention.
  别抱怨了，老朋友，经理说，如果第一个星期演不好的话，我们就砍了它。嘉莉事先一点不知道这个息事宁人的主意。
• Carrie had no warning of this halcyon intention.
  嘉莉事先一点不知道这个息事宁人的主意。
• The rise of AB InBev began in the halcyon years of the early 20th century.
  百威英博崛起于20世纪早期的和平年代。
• Ding lacerate is halcyon, joy ripples all directions, another white Christmas, how to make a person yearning.
  钟声划破宁静，欢乐荡漾四方，又一个洁白的圣诞，多么令人向往。
• Ancient prose has said: the hidden fierce village too fierce, hidden fierce day still save, and kingdom without halcyon.
  古文有说：隐凶寨之过于凶，隐凶一日尚存，国之无宁静之时。
• During the halcyon years of Japanese expansion in the 1970s, the yen sometimes traded as low as 300 to the dollar.
  上世纪70年代，适逢日本平稳扩张期，日元曾一度低至300日元兑1美元。
• To understand this, think back for a moment to how Wall Street operated in the halcyon complacent era before 2007.
  要理解这点，让我们暂且回忆一下在2007年之前太平、自满的盛世时期，华尔街是如何运作的吧。
• It was all a far cry from those halcyon days in 1990, when he won three tournaments on the European tour.
  这和1990年的那些美好时光大不相同，当时他在欧洲巡回赛中赢得了3场锦标赛。
• Though often disillusioned, she was still waiting for that halcyon day when she should be led forth among dreams become real.
  虽然梦想一次又一次破灭，她仍期待着有一天能带如理想的王国实现她所有的愿望。
• The halcyon days of banks looking on the eurozone as a single current bloc are over; cross-border risk matters.
  银行把欧元区当作单一货币集团的美好日子结束了。它们已十分重视跨境风险。