a spirit who is believed to be a servant of God, and is sent by God to deliver a message or perform a task. Angels are often shown dressed in white, with wings. 天使 Extra Examplessee also guardian angelTopics Religion and festivalsc1a host of angels 一群天使 She looks like an angel. 她长得像个天使。 a singer who has the voice of an angel 拥有天使般嗓音的歌手 She wore a white costume with big furry angel wings. 她穿着一件白色戏装，上面有天使羽毛状的大翅膀。 a book about anti-heroes and fallen angels 一本有关反英雄和堕落天使的书 He liked to think of himself as an avenging angel fighting for justice. 他喜欢把自己想成是为正义而战的复仇天使。 We lay back in the snow and made snow angels (= a shape made by moving your arms and legs back and forward while lying in snow). 我们趴在雪地里放松，做雪天使。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- guardian
- avenging
- fallen
- …
- choir
- host
- look like
- wings
- the face of an angel
- the voice of an angel
a person who is very good and kind; a child who behaves well 安琪儿（指善良的人或可爱的小孩）；善人 John is no angel, believe me (= he does not behave well). 相信我，约翰绝非善良之辈。 Mary’s children are little angels. 玛丽的孩子是小天使。 I could hardly see Lisa in the role of ministering angel. 我很难想象出莉萨成为一个救死扶伤的天使会是个什么样子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- little
- perfect
- …
- investor
- be an angel
- be no angel
- (informal)
used when you are talking to somebody and you are grateful to them 大好人（感激某人时所说） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- little
- perfect
- …
- investor
- be an angel
- be no angel
- (also angel investor, business angel)
a person who supports a business by investing money in it, especially somebody who supports a new small business with their own money 天使： 通过投资来支持企业的人，特别是那些用自己的钱来支持新的小型企业的人When will the angels get their money back? 天使们什么时候能拿回他们的钱？ They started the business with the help of $2 million supplied by angel investors. 他们在天使投资人提供的200万美元的帮助下开始创业。
Word OriginOld English engel, ultimately via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek angelos ‘messenger’; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French angele.
Idioms
fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)
- (saying)
people with little experience try to do the difficult or dangerous things that more experienced people would not consider doing （智者却步处）愚者独敢闯