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be an angel
用于礼貌地请求帮助，通常带有亲昵语气。
Could you be an angel and pass me the salt?
你能好心把盐递给我吗？
天使
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
天使
A spiritual being who serves as God's messenger or attendant, traditionally shown with wings.
Could you be an angel and pass me the salt?
你能好心把盐递给我吗？
An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
侍奉上帝的灵体
spiritual being attendant upon God
A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
极其圣洁的人
person of exceptional holiness
The angel smiled and spread its wings.
天使微笑着展开翅膀。
She is such an angel for helping me with my homework.
她真是太好了，帮我做作业。
An angel appeared to the shepherds in the field.
一位天使在田野里向牧羊人显现。
用于礼貌地请求帮助，通常带有亲昵语气。
Could you be an angel and pass me the salt?
你能好心把盐递给我吗？
比喻某人在某方面表现出天使般的品质。
The nurse was an angel of mercy to the injured.
那位护士对伤者来说是仁慈的天使。
用于赞美声音或行为优美纯洁。
The little girl sings like an angel.
那个小女孩唱歌像天使一样。
Not this
She is an angle.
Use this
She is an angel.
拼写错误：'angle'（角度）与'angel'（天使）拼写相似但意义不同，应正确拼写为'angel'。
Not this
She has an angel voice.
Use this
She has an angelic voice.
词性误用：'angel'是名词，不能直接修饰名词；应用形容词'angelic'（天使般的）来修饰'voice'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
守护天使
My grandmother is my guardian angel.
我的祖母是我的守护天使。
堕落天使
Lucifer is a fallen angel.
路西法是堕落天使。
天使投资人
We found an angel investor to fund our startup.
我们找到了一个天使投资人来资助我们的初创公司。
天使翅膀
The child dressed as an angel with white angel wings.
那个孩子打扮成天使，戴着白色的天使翅膀。
守护天使
My grandmother was my guardian angel, always looking out for me.
我的祖母是我的守护天使，总是照顾着我。
天使投资人
The startup secured funding from an angel investor.
这家初创公司从一位天使投资人那里获得了资金。
站在正义的一边
In this debate, I believe we are on the side of the angels.
在这场辩论中，我相信我们站在正义的一边。
每次铃响，就有一个天使长出翅膀。
She believed that her guardian angel was watching over her.
她相信她的守护天使在守护着她。
在天使的怀抱中，飞离这里。
He called her his little angel.
他称她为他的小天使。
Use angel naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：'angel'音近'安救'，意为天使带来平安与拯救。
语域：mixed 常见场景：religious texts、figurative speech 天使”在宗教文本中常为正式用语，日常比喻中多为中性，因此归为混合使用。
All words share the spelling ending 'el', but only 'label' has the same stressed vowel /eɪ/ as 'angel'. However, the following consonant and syllable differ (/bəl/ vs /ndʒəl/), so they do not rhyme. Other words have different stressed vowels (e.g., /æ/, /aʊ/, /oʊ/, /ɛ/).
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.