angel
- IPA[ˈānjəl]
美式
- a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe；an attendant spirit, especially a benevolent one
noun: angel, plural noun: angels
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- 片語
名詞
- 1. a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe God sent an angel to talk to Gideon the Angel of Death
- ▪ an attendant spirit, especially a benevolent one there was an angel watching over me 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ in traditional Christian angelology, a being of the lowest order of the celestial hierarchy.
- 2. a person of exemplary conduct or virtue I know I'm no angel their parents think they are angels 同義詞
- ▪ used in similes or comparisons to refer to a person's outstanding beauty, qualities, or abilities you sang like an angel
- ▪ used in approval when a person has been or is expected to be kind or willing to oblige be an angel and let us come in
- ▪ used as a term of endearment I miss you too, angel
- 3. a person who supports a business financially, typically one who invests private capital in a small or newly established enterprise the longer it takes you to get your product into the marketplace, the longer it will be until the angels get their money back 同義詞
- ▪ a financial backer of a theatrical production every year we raise the money for the next season and we are always looking for an angel
- 4. an English coin minted between 1470 and 1634 and bearing the figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon.
- 5. informal an aircraft's altitude (often used with a numeral indicating thousands of feet) we rendezvous at angels nine
- 6. informal an unexplained radar echo.
