saint

C1 CET-4 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #2696

圣人

发音

US /seɪnt/
UK /sən(t)/
UK /sn̩(t)/
UK /sɨn(t)/
UK /sɛnt/

词形变化

saints 复数 saints sainted sainting saints 三单 sainting 现在分词 sainted 过去式 sainted 过去分词

别名

seynt St St.

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.

    宗教

    The Roman Catholic Church proclaimed Kateri Tekakwitha a saint in 2012.

  2. 2.

    One of the blessed in heaven.

    宗教
  3. 3.

    A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.

    宗教
  4. 4.

    Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).

  5. 5.

    A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.

    圣人

    圣徒

    比喻 引申义

    Dorothy Day was a living saint.

    Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!

  6. 6.

    A holy object.

    古体
v.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of canonize: to honor, formally name, or revere as a saint.

    及物

    Many Catholics wished to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately after his death.

affix
  1. 1.

    Capitalized and placed before another term, particularly personal names, to create placename without direct association to any religious character.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

angel ideal paragon apotheosis nonesuch nonpareil nonsuch

上位词 6

god model immortal deity divinity role model

下位词 10

buddha fakir crackerjack arhat class act fakeer faqir faquir holy man humdinger

整体词 1

sainthood
动词

同义词 3

enshrine canonise canonize

上位词 7

hold fear declare reverence revere venerate adjudge

相关短语

St Petersburg 圣彼得堡；圣彼德堡；俄罗斯圣彼得堡 Saint Helena 圣赫勒拿（英属殖民地） Saint Pierre and Miquelon 圣皮埃尔和密克隆 Saint Lucia 圣卢西亚岛（位于东加勒比海） Saint Kitts and Nevis n. 【国】圣基茨和尼维斯；圣基茨和尼维斯联邦 [网络] 圣克里斯多福；圣克里斯多福及尼维斯；圣基特和尼维斯岛 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines n. 【国】圣文森特和格林纳丁斯 [网络] 圣文森及格瑞那丁；圣文森特和格陵纳丁斯；圣文森与格瑞那丁 Saint John's n. 【城】圣约翰斯 [网络] 圣约翰地区；圣琼斯 Saint Petersburg 圣彼德堡（俄罗斯城市） Saint Helier 圣艾利耶（泽西岛首府） Saint Peter Port Saint Nicholas [网络] 圣尼古拉斯；圣尼古拉斯哔叽；圣诞老公公 Saint Nick [网络] 圣尼克 Saint Patrick's Day [网络] 圣帕特里克节；圣派翠克节；圣巴特里克节 Saint George 圣乔治（格林纳达首都）

词源

From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Old French saint, seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sānctus (“holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint”), past participle of sancīre (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”). Doublet of Sanctus. Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)).

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