hyperborean

/hahy-per-bawr-ee-uhn, -bohr-, -buh-ree-/US // ˌhaɪ pərˈbɔr i ən, -ˈboʊr-, -bəˈri- //UK // (ˌhaɪpəˈbɔːrɪən) //

夸大其词,夸张的说法,夸张的,夸夸其谈

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
- : an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of or relating to the Hyperboreans.
- : of, relating to, or living in a far northern region.

as innorthern

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as in

The other Hyperborean races do not widely differ in character and physical appearance from those already described.
Like many nations of the Hyperborean group, the Chorotegans of Nicoya pierced the lower lip and inserted a round piece of bone.
His favorite place of abode was in the Hyperborean Mountains, from whence he sallied forth on wild raids.
This last some represent as a Lycian, others as an Hyperborean: and by many he was esteemed an Egyptian.
It was like some Hyperborean hell, and we the doomed wretches sentenced to our eternity of toil.