hyperborean
英 [ˌhaɪpəbɔ:'ri:ən]
美 [ˌhaɪpə'boʊrɪrn]
- adj. 极北的;严寒的;北极的
- n. 住在极北地区的人,北国人;极北乐土之民
将“hyperborean”分解为“hyper-”,“borean”,然后联想:
1. “Hyper”意味着超乎寻常的,类似于“hyper-active”(非常活跃的)。
2. “Borean”与“Boreas”联系,他是希腊神话中的北风之神。
记忆方法:想象在一个非常活跃(hyper)的北风之神(Borean)的领域中,这个地方的寒冷和遥远超乎寻常(hyperborean),代表了一个极端遥远和寒冷的地方。
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- hyperborean (adj.)
- 1590s, from Late Latin hyperboreanus, from Latin hyperboreus, from Greek hyperboreos "pertaining to the regions of the far north," from hyper (see hyper-) + Boreas (see boreal). The Hyperboreans were an imagined Arctic people believed by the ancients to be distinguished by piety and happiness. Middle English had iperborie "the far north of the Earth" (mid-15c.).