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halcyon days：太平岁月；美好时光

源自美丽动人的希腊神话故事。风神之女海尔赛妮（Halcyone）和黎明女神之子刻宇克斯（Ceyx）是一对恩爱夫妻。在丈夫出海远行之后，她每天伫立岸边，凝视大海，祈盼丈夫能早日平安归来。一天夜里睡梦之神摩尔甫斯（Morpheus）托梦给她，向她传递了她丈夫已遭海难的噩耗。次日，她一早走到了海边，果然望见海里漂浮着丈夫的尸体。她悲痛欲绝，纵身跳入海中。主神宙斯为其深爱所感动，将他们双双化作翠鸟，让他们能长相厮守，比翼双飞。因此翠鸟就叫做halcyon，它源于希腊语（h）alkuon，义同kingfisher（翠鸟）。以后每当翠鸟在海上筑巢产卵，即每年冬至前7天和后7天的两个星期，大海总是风平浪静。据说这是因风神眷顾女儿平息了风浪的缘故。人们称这段风平浪静的“平安时期”为halcyon days。

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