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 sainted ['seintid]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 成为圣人的, 上天堂的, 德高的



    sainted
    [ adj ]
    marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
    <adj.all>
    angelic beneficencea beatific smile
    a saintly concern for his fellow men
    my sainted mother


    Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sainted}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Sainting}.]
    To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical
    act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or
    reputation of a saint to (some one).

    A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been
    beatified, though never sainted. --Addison.

    {To saint it}, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety.

    Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. --Pope.


    Sainted \Saint"ed\, a.
    1. Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious. ``A most sainted king.''
    --Shak.

    Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
    --Milton.

    2. Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for {dead}.

    1. Even the now sainted Abraham Lincoln was often reviled while in office, sometimes painted by cartoonists and editorial writers as "that baboon in the White House."
    2. He was the sainted, knightly hero of his own personal romance.
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