- 1聖人般的、聖潔的
If someone is saintly, they seem completely good and honest, as if they had no faults — like a saint. It describes a person, a look, or a kind of patience: a saintly smile, saintly patience. Though actually, English speakers also use saintly in a slightly teasing way, when someone is being so good it feels a bit much, or when we are being kind about a person who is putting up with a lot. It is the adjective; the noun for the quality is . A close twin is saintlike.
core核心畫面
組成saint + -ly (“like a saint”). From Middle English; compare saintlike.
同家族的字
- saintsaintly means like a saint
- saintlinessthe noun for this quality
- saintlikea close twin: also means like a saint
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
saintlyadj/ˈseɪntli/
- 1
Like or characteristic of a saint; befitting a holy person; saintlike.
- Sophie led a saintly life.
- Since my sother is nothing short of saintly, she fetches me daily from work and transports me here and there.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。