“Hellespont”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Hellespont

释义

Hellespont|ˈhɛlɪspɒnt|
[ad. Gr. Ἑλλήσπον-τος; explained as sea (πόντος) of Helle (Ἕλλη), daughter of Athamas, said to have been drowned in it.]
The ancient name for the Strait of the Dardanelles; hence, in allusion to the story of Leander, something that separates lovers.
1591Shakes. Two Gent. i. i. 22 & 26 Val. Some shallow Storie of deepe loue, How yong Leander crost the Hellespont..You are ouer-bootes in loue, And yet you neuer swom the Hellespont.1657Lust's Domin. ii. iii. in Hazl. Dodsley XIV. 123 Your wife..She's the Hellespont divides my love and me.
Hence Helleˈspontiac, Helleˈspontine adjs., of, pertaining to, or situated on the Hellespont.
1649Stanley Europa, etc. 29 Because the Hellespontiack power they slight.1840Thirlwall Greece VII. lvii. 225 Arridæus was appointed to the Hellespontine Phrygia.

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