angel

• n. 天使；守护神；善人
• vt. 出钱支持
• n. (Angel)人名；(德、塞、俄、保、瑞典、挪)安格尔；(土)安盖尔；(法、葡)安热尔；(西)安赫尔；(英、罗)安杰尔

可能来自希伯来语。

1. spiritual being attendant upon God

2. person of exceptional holiness

3. invests in a theatrical production

angel

angel: [12] In a sense, English already had this word in Anglo-Saxon times; texts of around 950 mention englas ‘angels’. But in that form (which had a hard g) it came directly from Latin angelus. The word we use today, with its soft g, came from Old French angele (the ‘hard g’ form survived until the 13th century). The French word was in its turn, of course, acquired from Latin, which adopted it from Greek ángelos or ággelos.

This meant literally ‘messenger’, and its use in religious contexts arises from its being used as a direct translation of Hebrew mal’ākh ‘messenger’, the term used in the scriptures for God’s intermediaries. The Greek word itself may be of Persian origin.
=> evangelist

angel (n.)

14c. fusion of Old English engel (with hard -g-) and Old French angele, both from Latin angelus, from Greek angelos "messenger, envoy, one that announces," possibly related to angaros "mounted courier," both from an unknown Oriental word (Watkins compares Sanskrit ajira- "swift;" Klein suggests Semitic sources). Used in Scriptural translations for Hebrew mal'akh (yehowah) "messenger (of Jehovah)," from base l-'-k "to send." An Old English word for it was aerendgast, literally "errand-spirit."

Of persons, "loving; lovely," by 1590s. The medieval gold coin (a new issue of the noble, first struck 1465 by Edward VI) was so called for the image of archangel Michael slaying the dragon, which was stamped on it. It was the coin given to patients who had been "touched" for the King's Evil. Angel food cake is from 1881; angel dust "phencyclidine" is from 1968.

The enemy fled, believing the sounds to be the warning voicesof angels.

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Thanks Dad, you're an angel .

谢谢爸爸，你是个大好人。

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Be an angel and make me a cup of coffee.

行行好，给我冲杯咖啡。

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John is no angel , believe me (= he does not behave well) .

相信我，约翰绝非善良之辈。

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Martin is inclined to rush in where angels fear to tread.

马丁总是喜欢贸然行事。

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Billy is on the side of the angels when it comes to racial tolerance.

说起种族间的包容，比利可真是宅心仁厚。

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He was such an angel to put up with it.

他这都能忍，真是个大好人。

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Thank you a thousand times, you're an angel.

万分感谢，你真是个大好人。

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Poppa thought her an angel...

爸爸视她为小天使。

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Nevertheless, during her pregnancy, Angel had to face computer screen long and sometimes work late.

不仅如此, 邓荣英在怀孕期间一直面对电脑屏幕,有时又工作得很晚.

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Wear white all year long . A woman in white is an angel.

一年四季都可以穿白色. 穿买色的女人是天使.

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Your angel will defend you even if it risking her life!

你的天使会保护你的,即使冒着生命危险!

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A good painter can draw a devil as well as an angel.

好画家既能画魔鬼,又能画天使.

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She is an angel among the women.

她在那帮妇女中可爱得就像一个天使.

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Rain is the purest. Be the angel tear because of her.

雨是最纯洁的. 因为她是天使的眼泪.

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He a face like an angel, but he a terrible wolf.

他有貌似天使般的面孔, 实际上他是个大色鬼.

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Our little Cody , now turned one , waves night night to his grandad angel in the sky.

我们的小Cody, 已经学会在晚上对着天空与他的外公说话了.

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Soames had never called Irene an angel.

索米斯从来没有把伊琳称做天使过.

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They had been in a field care of their sheep when an angel appeared.

先前他们在田野牧羊时,一位天使出现了.

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All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

我之所有，我之所能，都归功于我天使般的母亲。(Abraham Lincoln)

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This also nothing to wonder at, because the Satan also pretends the bright angel continually.

这也不足为怪, 因为连撒旦也装作光明的天使.

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Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying.

忽然有一大队天兵, 同那天使赞美神说.

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And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?

7天使对我说, 你为什么希奇 呢 .

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The Angel moved closer and touched the woman, " But you have made her so soft, Lord. "

天使靠近些,抚摸那女人, “ 但是, 上帝,您把她做得如此柔软. ”

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You are a spring angel bringing genial sunshine to the world.

愿您永远是春的使者,将和煦的阳光洒满人间.

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Mack: Luck dont counterbalance it JB . You got an angel hunting after you.

马克: 幸运还不足以形容它,约翰尼·布雷泽, 你背后有一个天使在守护着你.

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My little daughter is as lovely as an angel.

我的小女儿像天使一样可爱.

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Alice has been an angel to us.

爱丽丝对我们像天使那样好.

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The caster contact an Arch Angel and asks for its aid.

施法者与一个大天使互相感应并请求其协助自己.

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