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单词 hesperides
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Hesperidesn.

/hɛˈspɛrɪdiːz/
Etymology: < Latin Hesperidēs, < Greek Ἑσπερίδες , plural of ἑσπερίς ‘western’, ‘a daughter of the west’ or ‘land of the sunset’, < ἕσπερος evening, the evening star: see Hesperus n.
With plural agreement.
1.
a. Greek Mythology. The nymphs (variously reckoned as three, four, and seven), daughters of Hesperus, who were fabled to guard, with the aid of a watchful dragon, the garden in which golden apples grew in the Isles of the Blest, at the western extremity of the earth.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > Hesperides
Hesperides1656
Hesperid1878
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Hesperides, the daughters of Hesperus..They had Gardens, that bore golden fruit.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 357 Nymphs of Diana's train..And Ladies of th' Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer then feign'd of old. View more context for this quotation
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 307 The Hesperides..are four. Their names are, Æglé,—Brightness; Erytheia,—Blushing; Hestia,—the (spirit of the) Hearth; Arethusa,—the Ministering.
b. transferred. (In quot. 1609 as singular.)
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1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles i. 70 Before thee standes this faire Hesperides, With golden fruite, but dangerous to be toucht. View more context for this quotation
1860 C. Sangster Hesperus 85 Some souls are the Hesperides Heaven sends to guard the golden age.
c. Hence, the garden watched by these nymphs; also, the ‘Fortunate Islands’ or ‘Isles of the Blest’ (αἱ Μακάρων νῆσοι), beyond the Pillars of Hercules, at the western extremity of the ancient world, in which the garden was supposed to be situated.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian
heaveneOE
other worldOE
paradise?a1425
pantheon?1545
Olympus1582
Hesperidesa1592
tian1613
afterworld1615
Swarga1734
goddery1811
Pure Land1819
Reinga1820
Tir-na-nog1889
Jodo1901
sand-hill1949
the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] > place of supreme happiness
heaveneOE
Edena1225
paradise?a1300
Garden of Eden1535
eutopia1553
happy land1562
Arcady1590
Hesperidesa1592
Elysiuma1616
God's own country1807
lotusland1856
Adamless Eden1876
summerland1895
Shangri-La1941
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E4 The fearefull dragon held his seate, That watcht the garden cald Hesperides.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 7 Iles of Cape de Verde..some thinke, these were the Hesperides, so famous for the Garden of golden Apples.
1826 J. Montgomery Voy. round World 53 The West Indies I behold, Like th' Hesperides of old,—Trees of life with fruits of gold!
2. Botany. The name given by Endlicher to one of his classes of plants, containing the orange family ( Aurantiaceæ) and some related orders.The name Hesperideæ was given by Linnæus to one of his natural orders, containing the genus Citrus and some others. Based on an identification of the orange, citron, etc. with the golden apples of the mythical Hesperides.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Xanthoxylaceae or Aurantiaceae (dittany and allies) > [noun]
dittany1605
fraxinella1664
pepperwort1676
xanthoxyl1846
stone-mint1855
Hesperides1857
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 211 Endlicher's System..Cl[ass] 51. Hesperides [containing] Humiriaceæ, Olacineæ, Aurantiaceæ, Meliaceæ, and Cedrelaceæ.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 586/1.
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