cherub

noun

/ˈtʃerəb/

(plural cherubs, cherubim
/ˈtʃerəbɪm/

/ˈtʃerəbɪm/
)
(in art艺术) a type of angel, shown as a small, fat, usually male child with wings小天使（常被绘为有翅膀的胖男孩）
- carvings of Madonnas and cherubs圣母像和小天使的雕刻
compare seraph
(plural cherubs)
(informal) a pretty child; a child who behaves well可爱的小孩；乖小孩
- I was quite a good student—no cherub, but no devil either.我是个相当好的学生——没有小天使，但也没有魔鬼。

词源Old English cherubin, ultimately (via Latin and Greek) from Hebrew kěrūb̲, plural kěrūb̲īm. A rabbinic folk etymology, which explains the Hebrew singular form as representing Aramaic kě-rab̲yā ‘like a child’, led to the representation of the cherub as a child.

词汇	cherub
释义	cherub noun /ˈtʃerəb/ /ˈtʃerəb/ (plural cherubs, cherubim /ˈtʃerəbɪm/ /ˈtʃerəbɪm/ ) (in art艺术) a type of angel, shown as a small, fat, usually male child with wings小天使（常被绘为有翅膀的胖男孩） carvings of Madonnas and cherubs圣母像和小天使的雕刻 compare seraph (plural cherubs) (informal) a pretty child; a child who behaves well可爱的小孩；乖小孩 I was quite a good student—no cherub, but no devil either.我是个相当好的学生——没有小天使，但也没有魔鬼。词源Old English cherubin, ultimately (via Latin and Greek) from Hebrew kěrūb̲, plural kěrūb̲īm. A rabbinic folk etymology, which explains the Hebrew singular form as representing Aramaic kě-rab̲yā ‘like a child’, led to the representation of the cherub as a child.
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