like a cherub
常用于比喻孩子天真可爱。
The baby smiled like a cherub.
那个婴儿像小天使一样笑了。
小天使;可爱的婴儿
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
小天使;可爱的婴儿
a sweet innocent baby
The baby smiled like a cherub.
那个婴儿像小天使一样笑了。
常用来形容天真可爱的孩子
侍奉神并守护其宝座的有翼生物,描述为有四张脸(人、狮、牛、鹰)、人手、牛蹄、四翼和多眼。可见于《以西结书》第1章和第10章;与希伯来圣经中被掳前文本中的拉玛苏(有翼人首牛身)相似,后期文本中更偏人形。
A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
有翼天使,由伪狄奥尼修斯(约5-6世纪)描述为天使的第二高阶,位于宝座之上、撒拉弗之下。
A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
在后来的文本中变为有翼婴儿;在艺术描绘中有时只有带翅膀的婴儿头部而无身体。
In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
The newborn in the photograph looked like a cherub, with tiny fingers and a peaceful expression.
照片里的新生儿看起来像个小天使,手指细嫩,表情安详。
Whenever my nephew laughs, he seems like a cherub straight out of a storybook.
每当我侄子笑起来,他就像故事书里的小天使。
The little girl in the park was a cherub in a yellow dress, playing quietly with a kitten.
公园里那个穿黄裙子的小女孩是个小天使,正安静地和小猫玩耍。
常用于比喻孩子天真可爱。
The baby smiled like a cherub.
那个婴儿像小天使一样笑了。
也可指宗教或艺术作品中带有翅膀的儿童天使形象。
The painting shows a cherub with rosy cheeks.
画中是一个脸颊红润的小天使。
Not this
The cherubim is flying in the sky.
Use this
The cherubim are flying in the sky.
cherubim 是 cherub 的复数形式(源自希伯来语),表示多个小天使;主语是复数,谓语动词要用 are,不能用 is。
Not this
The baby is cherub.
Use this
The baby is a cherub.
cherub 是可数名词,表示“可爱的婴儿/小天使”时,单数形式前要加不定冠词 a,不能省略。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
可爱的小天使(多指孩子)
Their youngest son is such a little cherub.
他们的小儿子真是个小天使。
长翅膀的小天使
A winged cherub floated above the clouds in the painting.
画中有一个长着翅膀的小天使飘浮在云朵上方。
胖乎乎的小天使
The Renaissance painting shows a plump cherub holding a rose.
这幅文艺复兴时期的画作描绘了一个手持玫瑰的胖乎乎的小天使。
画中的小天使
The church ceiling is covered with painted cherubs.
教堂的天花板上画满了小天使。
石雕小天使
A stone cherub stands beside the fountain.
喷泉旁立着一尊石雕小天使。
小天使(对可爱、乖巧的小孩的昵称)
She's been such a little cherub today, helping me with everything.
她今天真是个小天使,一直帮我做这做那。
像天使一样(天真、纯洁、安详)
The old man smiled like a cherub when he saw his granddaughter.
老人看到孙女时,笑得像个天使。
天使般的面容(看似天真无邪的脸)
He has a cherub's face, but his behavior is far from angelic.
他有一张天使般的面孔,但行为可一点也不天使。
你是那受膏遮掩约柜的基路伯。
The prophet Ezekiel uses this phrase to describe the King of Tyre as a cherub in a famous biblical passage.
先知以西结在著名的圣经段落中用这句话将推罗王描述为基路伯。
于是把那人赶出去了;又在伊甸园的东边安设基路伯和四面转动发火焰的剑。
This verse from Genesis describes cherubim guarding the tree of life.
这节创世记经文描述基路伯守护生命树。
Use cherub naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
cherub 里有 rub(擦),想象小天使用翅膀擦云朵,露出圆圆笑脸。
语域:mixed 常见场景:宗教/艺术语境、日常昵称或文学描写 cherub 的语域跨度较大:在宗教、艺术或历史语境中多指“智天使(二级天使)”,较正式或专门;在口语或文学中则常用来形容天真可爱的孩子,带有亲昵色彩。使用时应随语境选择,日常表达用 cherubs 较常见,正式文本中也可能用 cherubim。
复数形式可以是 cherubs、cherubim 或 cherubims。
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