单词 | patron saint |
释义 | patron saintWord family nounpatronagepatronizerpatronpatron saintadjectivepatronalpatronizingpatronlessverbpatronizeadverbpatronizingly Christianityˌpatron ˈsaint noun [countableC] RRCa Christian saint who people believe gives special protection to a particular place, activity, or person 主保圣人 patron saint of St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellers 圣克里斯托弗,旅行者的主保圣人 Examples from the Corpus patron saint• But the parish comprising One Row and the long-since destroyed West Hartburn kept the name of its patron saint.• Andrew Carnegie has been called the patron saint of compassionate capitalism.• And the ultimate irony about Saint-Mames is that that particular saint Saint-Mames is the patron saint of the stomach.• Perseus was the patron saint of poets. patron saint of• St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers |
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