Heroes
['hiərəus]
英雄（英雄heroes复数）





Hero \He"ro\, n.; pl. {Heroes}. [F. h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. ?.]
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after
death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or
fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage
in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or
illustrious person.

Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
--Emerson.

3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or
the person who has the principal share in the transactions
related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey,
and [AE]neas in the [AE]neid.

The shining quality of an epic hero. --Dryden.

{Hero worship}, extravagant admiration for great men, likened
to the ancient worship of heroes.
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Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever
exist, universally among mankind. --Carlyle.