Word · Frequency #21254
cherub
小天使；可爱的婴儿
a sweet innocent baby
常用来形容天真可爱的孩子
- 1.
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.
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。
- 2.
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.
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。
- 3.
In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
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。
- 4.
A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
智天使；二级天使；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。；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。；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。；二级天使
In use
The newborn in the photograph looked like a cherub, with tiny fingers and a peaceful expression.
Whenever my nephew laughs, he seems like a cherub straight out of a storybook.
The little girl in the park was a cherub in a yellow dress, playing quietly with a kitten.
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。
a cherub with [feature]
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。
Common mistakes
The cherubim is flying in the sky.
Connections
Collocations
- little cherub
- 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。
- winged cherub
- 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。
- plump cherub
- 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。
- painted cherub
- 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。
- stone cherub
- 石雕小天使
- A stone cherub stands beside the fountain.喷泉旁立着一尊石雕小天使。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
cherub 里有 rub（擦），想象小天使用翅膀擦云朵，露出圆圆笑脸。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
复数形式可以是 cherubs、cherubim 或 cherubims。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with cherub (/ˈtʃerəb/). Cherry shares the initial /ˈtʃer/ sound but ends in /i/, not /əb/. Church and chirp share only the /tʃ/ onset. Chef is a lookalike whose 'ch' is pronounced /ʃ/. Rub shares the spelling -ub but has a different vowel and stress: /rʌb/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.