Saint
[seɪnt] or [sent]
解释:
(noun.) person of exceptional holiness.
(noun.) a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization.
伊丽莎白编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.
(n.) One of the blessed in heaven.
(n.) One canonized by the church.
(v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one).
(v. i.) To act or live as a saint.
伊夫林整理
同义词及近义词：
n. Holy person.
吉莉安手打
解释:
n. a sanctified or holy person: one eminent for piety: one of the blessed dead: one canonised by the R.C. Church: an image of a saint: an angel: (pl.) Israelites as a people: Christians generally.—v.t. to salute as a saint.—adj. Saint′ed made a saint: holy: sacred: gone to heaven: canonised.—n. Saint′hood.—adj. Saint′ish somewhat saintly or affectedly so.—n. Saint′ism the character or quality of a saint: sanctimoniousness.—adjs. Saint′-like Saint′ly like or becoming a saint.—adv. Saint′lily.—n. Saint′liness.—adj. Saint′-seem′ing appearing like a saint.—n. Saint′ship the character of a saint.—Saint's day a day set apart for the commemoration of a particular saint; St Agnes's flower the snowflake; St Andrew's cross a North American shrub; St Andrew's Day 30th November; St Anthony's fire erysipelas; St Anthony's nut the pig-nut or hawk-nut; St Audrey's necklace a string of holy stones; St Barbara's cress the yellow rocket; St Barnaby's thistle the English star-thistle; St Bennet's herb the herb bennet; St Bernard a kind of dog; St Blase's disease quinsy; St Cassian beds a division of the Triassic series; St Crispin's Day 25th October; St David's Day 1st March; St Domingo duck a West Indian duck; St Domingo grebe the smallest grebe in America; St Elmo's fire (see Elmo's fire); St George's Day 23d April; St George's ensign the distinguishing flag of the British navy a red cross on a white field; St Hubert's disease hydrophobia; St John's bread the carob bean: ergot of rye; St John's Day 27th December; St John's hawk a blackish variety of the rough-legged buzzard; St Julien an esteemed red Bordeaux wine from the Mé–oc region; St Leger the name of a race run at Doncaster so called since 1778 from Col. St Leger; St Luke's summer a period of pleasant weather about the middle of October; St Martin's evil drunkenness; St Martin's summer a season of mild damp weather in late autumn; St Nicholas's Day 6th December; St Patrick's Day 17th March; St Peter's finger a belemnite; St Peter's fish the dory; St Peter's wort a name of several plants; St Pierre group a thick mass of shales in the upper Missouri region; St Swithin's Day 15th July; St Valentine's Day 14th February; St Vitus's dance chorea.—All-Saints' Day a feast observed by the Latin Church on 1st November in the Greek Church on the first Sunday after Pentecost; Communion of the Saints the spiritual fellowship of all true believers the blessed dead as well as the faithful living mystically united in each other in Christ; Intercession Perseverance of saints (see Intercession Perseverance); Latter-day saints the Mormons' name for themselves; Patron saint a saint who is regarded as a protector as St George of England St Andrew of Scotland St Patrick of Ireland St David of Wales St Denis of France St James of Spain St Nicholas of Russia St Stephen of Hungary St Mark of Venice &c.
乔斯林编辑
娱乐性解释：
n. A dead sinner revised and edited.
编辑:马丁
例句:
- Hannah is a perfect saint. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Saint Mary Axe! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Its destination was the old church of Saint Pancras, far off in the fields. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- A cadet of the house was an officer of the great Duke and distinguished in the famous Saint Bartholomew conspiracy. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The remainder of the play ended--the Saracen's head was cut off, and Saint George stood as victor. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I never discuss a Saint after dark, I said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- Father of all in every age, in every clime adored By saint, by savage and by sage, Jehovah, Jove or Lord. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It was remarkable; but, the taste of Saint Antoine seemed to be decidedly opposed to a rose on the head-dress of Madame Defarge. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Never, if Saint Antoine knew his own sufferings, insults, and wrongs! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- My dearest, I am no saint, to be able to instruct you in such things; and I am afraid my views are not what the Church would approve of. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- My name is Defarge, and I keep a wine-shop in the Quarter Saint Antoine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- You did not, nor will you fancy, pursued he, that a saint in heaven perturbs herself with rivalries of earth? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The citizen here indicated nodded his head, and added: He is accused by Saint Antoine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Little need to show that this detested family name had long been anathematised by Saint Antoine, and was wrought into the fatal register. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- The hour was come, when Saint Antoine was to execute his horrible idea of hoisting up men for lamps to show what he could be and do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Blaspheme not the holy saints, Sir Reginald, said De Bracy, we shall have need of their aid to-day before yon rascal rout disband. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- We have seen pictures of martyrs enough, and saints enough, to regenerate the world. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I go; but when I return, I swear by all the saints that you shall suffer agonies for every word you have uttered to-day. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- I can't bear saints. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Then what a splendid art it must be, if it keeps the pictures of the blessed saints for us! 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- In the catacombs were buried St. Cecilia, St. Agnes, and several other of the most celebrated of the saints. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- To be anxious about a soul that is always snapping at you must be left to the saints of the earth; and Mary was not one of them. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Oh, great saints! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Now, the saints forbid, said the Prior, that the son of the Saxon Cedric should leave our convent ere his wounds were healed! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- What gasconading rascals those saints must have been, if they first boasted these exploits or invented these miracles. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- It would be pleasing to the saints if one used so fine a rosary as this, instead of wearing it as a vain bijou. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- One night a thunder-storm broke; a sort of hurricane shook us in our beds: the Catholics rose in panic and prayed to their saints. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- But I will undo some of my work that you saints call wicked. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- This book contained legends of the saints. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Neither of Peter nor of Paul nor of any of the other saints nor apostles. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
录入:玛莎