核心畫面

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.

可以想成 angel 是那個穿白衣、有翅膀、從上面下來幫忙的形象——英文一再借用的就是這個畫面。說一個人是 ange更多收起可以想成 angel 是那個穿白衣、有翅膀、從上面下來幫忙的形象——英文一再借用的就是這個畫面。說一個人是 angel,等於說幫助從你沒想到的地方來了,而且來得很溫柔;連投資的那個用法也是這樣運作的。

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

Also in this word

heavenly spirit · noun · B1

A spirit who serves God in heaven, often pictured as a person with wings.

天使

原始詞典資料26 筆記錄

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/

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    ball-gamesbaseballgamesA player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.

    • Smith became an Angel as a result of a pre-season trade.

Angelname/ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/

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    A unisex given name

    • "What is your first name, Mr Botibol? What does the A stand for?" "Angel," he answered. "Not Angel." "Yes," he said irritably. "Angel Botibol," she murmured and she began to giggle. But she checked herself and said, "I think it's a most unusual and distinguished name."
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    A unisex given name

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    A unisex given name

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    A unisex given name

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    A unisex given name

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    A unisex given name

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    A surname

    • At last when nothing else would do he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went, mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used to be our foreman, and it was there I met Mr. Hosmer Angel.
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    A surname

另外 2 個記錄的用法
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    A surname

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    A surname

angelnoun詞源 1/ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/

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    An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.

    • The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
    • There seemed to be girls sitting on top of them, or maybe they were meant to be angels. Angels are usually represented as wearing more than that, though.
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    An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.

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    A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.

    • Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with friends and family revealing both problems and promise in his young life.
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    A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.

    • Thanks for making me breakfast in bed, you little angel.
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    A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.

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    obsoleteAttendant spirit; genius; demon.

    • Diſpaire thy Charme, / And let the Angell whom thou ſtill haſt ſeru’d / Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Vntimely ript.
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    obsoleteAn official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.

    • An apostle, or angel, or bishop, as he is now called, resided with a college of presbyters about him, in every considerable city of the Roman empire; to that angel or bishop, was committed the pastoral care of all the Christian in the city and its suburbs, extending as far on all sides as the jurisdiction of the civil magistrate extended;
    • […] the head of that Church, in whose place I stand in my Church, and in whose place no other standeth (the elders and deacons have their place, but this belongeth to the angel or minister of the Church), and the Lord commendeth him for trying […]
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    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.

另外 4 個記錄的用法
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    slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsAn altitude, measured in thousands of feet.

    • Climb to angels sixty.
    • And even now part of me flies over Dresden at angels one five; / Though they’ll never fathom it, behind my sarcasm desperate memories lie.
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    datedAn unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.

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    businessfinancesomeone that funds

    • “Latent” angels are defined as those who have not invested capital in the past 12 months, although they likely have invested knowledge in the process of reviewing potential investments.
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    entertainmentlifestyletheatersomeone that funds

angelverb詞源 1/ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/

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    slangentertainmentlifestyletheaterTo support by donating money.

    • Six years ago, he lost $20,000 in the first show he angelled, a turkey called Dance Night.
    • You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.

angelnoun詞源 2/ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/

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    informalA person who has Angelman syndrome; often capitalized.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。