saint

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saint /seɪnt/ noun [countableC]

1 RRC (written abbreviation St or St.) someone who is given the title ‘saint’ by the Christian Church after they have died, because they have been very good or holy 〔死后由基督教会追封的〕圣徒，圣人

Saint Patrick

圣帕特里克

Statues of saints lined the walls of the church.

教堂的墙边立着一排圣徒像。

2 informalGOOD/MORAL someone who is extremely good, kind, or patient 圣人〔指道德高尚、善良或有耐心的人〕

His wife must have been a saint to put up with him for all those years.

他妻子容忍了他那么多年，一定是个圣人。

3 the patience of a saint WAITa very large amount of patience 极大的耐心

You need the patience of a saint for this job.

做这份工作需要有极大的耐心。

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the patience of a saint• My husband, who has the patience of a saint, has helped me a great deal.• In contrast, Travis must have been blessed with the patience of a saint.

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saint• The tall, narrow windows each had a saint in stained glass.• Thanks so much for doing that. You're a saint.• Your mother's a saint. She's done so much to help us.• Ordination doesn't make you a saint.• I always thought she was a selfish woman but she was an absolute saint compared to Abigail.• As he marched south Clovis was careful not to alienate the catholic Church or its saints.• Was I not right about the wee lass, saints preserve her!• Dagobert receives no entry in the dictionaries of saints and no trace of him is on public view at Stenay.• Members of the family, coached by Nicholas, would relate stories from secular histories or the lives of saints.• The statue of the patron saint, Francis Xavier, oversees all from behind the altar.• Among all the saints sat an unbeliever.

Origin saint

(1100-1200) Old French Late Latin sanctus, from Latin, “holy”, from the past participle of sancire “to confirm, make holy”

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