saint

noun

/seɪnt/, before names /snt/

/seɪnt/

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(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會追封的）聖人，聖徒
- St John聖約翰
- St Valentine’s Day聖瓦倫廷節（情人節）
- The children were all named after saints.這些孩子都取了聖徒的名字。
see also patron saintTopics Religion and festivalsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- patron
- Buddhist
- Catholic
- …
verb + saint
- canonize
- venerate
- become
- …
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a very good, kind or patient person聖人般的人（指特别善良、仁愛或有耐性的人）
- She's a saint to go on living with that man.能繼續和那個男人一起生活，她簡直是聖人。
- His behaviour would try the patience of a saint.他的行爲就是再有修養的人也難以忍受。
see also plaster saintTopics Personal qualitiesc1