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cherubical

/chuh-roo-bik/US // tʃəˈru bɪk //

珍贵的,珍爱生命,珍贵,珍视

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or having the nature of a cherub, or an angel represented as a rosy-cheeked child with wings; angelic.
    • : having a plump, pretty innocence: a cherubic face and a dazzling smile.

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Examples

  • Conservative columnist George Will calls him a “cherubic 40-year-old…a human beam of sunshine.”

  • The new copy-reader here mentioned was C.C. Foss, a cherubic little fellow who was also a Methodist preacher.

  • She was a cooing and cherubic mini-avatar called Anima, which players earned after reaching a certain level in the game Prius.

  • In other moments, she appears angelic, as candlelight dances on her cherubic cheeks.

  • The guard greeted him, but suppressed a smile as the cherubic little man flashed his official pass.

  • Beardsley savored the thought tastily, and let it trickle away, and the look of glee on his cherubic face was gone.

  • His face was round and freckled, almost cherubic, under a shock of sandy hair, but there were merry little devils in his eyes.

  • "I said that you did," answered Jessie, with an affectation of cherubic simplicity.

  • The moral is: when your husband is in Mesopotamia and the time comes to sell the pony, lock your cherubic son in the nursery.