单词 | Hyperborean |
释义 | Hyperborean /huy'peuhr bawr"ee euhn, -bohr"-, -beuh ree"-/, n. 1. Class. Myth. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind. 2. an inhabitant of an extreme northern region. adj. 3. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans. 4. (l.c.) of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region. [ < L hyperbore(us) < Gk hyperbóreos beyond the north wind, northern, polar (hyper- HYPER- + boréas the north, the north wind) + -AN; see BOREAS] |
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