cherub
美音:
[´tʃerəb
]英音:
[´tʃerəb
]n.小天使,胖娃娃
难易程度:
cherub为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:cherubically 形容词:cherubic
近义词, 同义词
cherub
/'tʃerəb; `tʃɛrəb/
n
1 (pl ~im/ 5tFerEbIm; `tFZrE-bIm/) (Bible 圣经) one of the second highest order of angels, usu represented in paintings as a plump child with wings 二级天使(通常绘作圆胖有翼的孩子). =>illus at angel 见angel之插图. Cf 参看 seraph.
2 (pl ~s)
(a) (in art) angelic plump child with wings (艺术上的)天使般的圆胖而有翼的孩子.
(b) sweet or innocent-looking child 可爱的或天真无邪的孩子.
cherub
n[C][
Date: 800-900;
Language: Latin;Origin:Greek cheroub, from
Hebrew kerubh]
an
angel shown in works of art as a fat pretty child with small wings
informal a young pretty child who behaves very well
pluralcherubim ['tʃerəbɪm/