Helicon

英 ['helɪk(ə)n] 美 ['hɛlɪ,kɑn]
  • n. 赫利孔山;诗的灵感源泉;海利空低音大号(军乐队等中可套在肩上吹奏的大喇叭)

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Helicon
1520s, from Greek Helikon, mountain in Boeotia, sacred to the Muses, in which arose the fountains of Aganippe and Hippocrene. Literally "the tortuous mountain," from helix (genitive helikos) "spiral" (see helix).

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