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

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中文词源

可能来自希伯来语。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

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

万分感谢，你真是个大好人。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The ill-advised conceit of the guardian angel dooms the film from the start.

对守护天使的蹩脚设计弄巧成拙，从一开始就注定这部电影要失败。

来自《权威词典》

3. A delightful guide was my guardian angel for the first week of the tour.

令人愉快的导游是我第一周旅行的守护神。

来自《权威词典》

4. She played the part of an angel, complete with wings and a halo.

她扮演天使，身上的双翼和头上的光轮一应俱全。

来自《权威词典》

5. She could not see herself in the role of ministering angel .

她想象不出自己成为一名救死扶伤的天使会是什么样。

来自《权威词典》