释义 |
ˈsaintlike, a. [See -like.] Resembling a saint or that of a saint; of saintly life, character, etc.
c1580J. Jeffere Bugbears iv. v. in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. XCIX. 40 Who so Saintelike as she? 1651Howell Venice 70 This Prince, as he was one of the stoutest, so was he the Saint-likest man of all the Dukes. a1711Ken Preparatives Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 113 That I, May Saint-like live, Saint-like to die! 1809Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) I. 75 The saintlike meekness and resignation of Lady Jane [Grey]. 1830Tennyson Poems 32 And women smile with saintlike glances Like thine own mother's. |