像天使一樣的人
把那個形象貼在活生生的人身上:他心地好、及時出現、幫了你——那份「天上派來的」感覺就是這幾個用法的重點。
very kind person · noun · B1
Someone who is very kind, very good, or very beautiful, whom you feel lucky to know.
好心人/小天使
One way to picture angel: the figure in white who arrives from above to help — that is the picture English keeps reaching for. Call a person an angel and you are saying help came from somewhere you did not expect, and it came kindly; even the money sense works that way.
From the picture
像天使一樣的人
把那個形象貼在活生生的人身上:他心地好、及時出現、幫了你——那份「天上派來的」感覺就是這幾個用法的重點。
very kind person · noun · B1
Someone who is very kind, very good, or very beautiful, whom you feel lucky to know.
好心人/小天使
出錢相助的投資人
同樣是「在最需要的時候出手」,只是這次帶來的是錢:新創公司什麼都還沒有,他先掏錢投進來。
angel investor · noun · B1
A person who gives money to a new company, often to own a small part of it.
天使投資人
heavenly spirit · noun · B1
A spirit who serves God in heaven, often pictured as a person with wings.
天使
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Angelnoun/ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/
ball-gamesbaseballgamesA player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.
Angelname/ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/
A unisex given name
A unisex given name
A unisex given name
A unisex given name
A unisex given name
A unisex given name
A surname
A surname
A surname
A surname
angelnoun詞源 1/ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/
An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
obsoleteAttendant spirit; genius; demon.
obsoleteAn official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
historicalAn English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsAn altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
datedAn unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
businessfinancesomeone that funds
entertainmentlifestyletheatersomeone that funds
angelverb詞源 1/ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/
slangentertainmentlifestyletheaterTo support by donating money.
angelnoun詞源 2/ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/
informalA person who has Angelman syndrome; often capitalized.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。