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cherub

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n.小天使,胖娃娃

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副词:cherubically 形容词:cherubic

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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/