单词 | Helen |
释义 | Helen /hel"euhn/, n. 1. Also called Helen of Troy. Class. Myth. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. 2. a female given name. [ < F Hélène < L Helena < Gk Heléne, of obscure orig., prob. the name of a pre-Greek vegetation goddess; often linked by folk etym. with heléne, heláne torch, St. Elmo's fire, an unrelated word] |
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