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patron saint

守护神,保护神,守护者,圣人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a saint regarded as the special guardian of a person, group, trade, country, etc.

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Examples

  • The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.

  • I hardly spoke to every patron, but there may have been some validity to his assessment.

  • It was in Saint-Rémy where Van Gogh sends his brother word of how all his sacrifice may soon be for nothing in this life.

  • The artist came down and stood beside his patron to assess things.

  • Michelangelo tricked his patron about the David, but sometimes he was forcibly reminded who paid the bills.

  • May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”

  • One of her humours was to unite the son of her minister, with a niece of the widowed Queen of Saint Germain's.

  • He marched to meet it with the throbbing pulses of a soldier rushing to victory or a saint to martyrdom.

  • Happening to walk down the Rue Saint Honoré, he had come upon tragedy.

  • Upon our return from this river Saint John, our route turned towards the country of the Armouchiquoys.