saint

noun

/seɪnt/, before names /snt/

/seɪnt/

(abbreviation S, St)
a person that the Christian Church recognizes as being very holy, because of the way they have lived or died（因其言行而被基督教会追封的）圣人，圣徒
- St John圣约翰
- St Valentine’s Day圣瓦伦廷节（情人节）
- The children were all named after saints.这些孩子都取了圣徒的名字。
see also patron saintTopics Religion and festivalsc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- patron
- Buddhist
- Catholic
- …
verb + saint
- canonize
- venerate
- become
- …
a very good, kind or patient person圣人般的人（指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人）
- She's a saint to go on living with that man.能继续和那个男人一起生活，她简直是圣人。
- His behaviour would try the patience of a saint.他的行为就是再有修养的人也难以忍受。
see also plaster saintTopics Personal qualitiesc1

词源Middle English, from Old French seint, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’, past participle of sancire ‘consecrate’.

词汇	saint
释义	saint noun /seɪnt/, before names /snt/ /seɪnt/ (abbreviation S, St) a person that the Christian Church recognizes as being very holy, because of the way they have lived or died（因其言行而被基督教会追封的）圣人，圣徒 St John圣约翰 St Valentine’s Day圣瓦伦廷节（情人节） The children were all named after saints.这些孩子都取了圣徒的名字。 see also patron saintTopics Religion and festivalsc1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective patron Buddhist Catholic … verb + saint canonize venerate become … a very good, kind or patient person圣人般的人（指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人） She's a saint to go on living with that man.能继续和那个男人一起生活，她简直是圣人。 His behaviour would try the patience of a saint.他的行为就是再有修养的人也难以忍受。 see also plaster saintTopics Personal qualitiesc1 词源Middle English, from Old French seint, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’, past participle of sancire ‘consecrate’.
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