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seraph

/ser-uhf/US // ˈsɛr əf //UK // (ˈsɛrəf) //

蛇夫座,圣母玛利亚,侍者,隐士

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ser·aphs, ser·a·phim [ser-uh-fim]. /ˈsɛr ə fɪm/.

    • : one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isaiah 6.
    • : a member of the highest order of angels, often represented as a child's head with wings above, below, and on each side.

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Examples

  • A woman will endure martyrdom with the expression of a seraph,—an extremely aggravating seraph.

  • Happiness lay beside him steering the boat, a seraph worked the oars, the land ahead must be paradise.

  • Would they indeed have been less criminal, if a seraph of glory had proposed to them the impious deed?

  • Another has joined the band—a little shadowy form, with lambent eyes, and the smile of a seraph.

  • She went from town to town, from platform to platform, looking like a little dazed seraph playing in its dreams.