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cherub

noun
🔊/ˈtʃerəb/
🔊/ˈtʃerəb/
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  1. (plural cherubs, cherubim
    🔊/ˈtʃerəbɪm/
    🔊/ˈtʃerəbɪm/
    )
     (in art艺术) a type of angel, shown as a small, fat, usually male child with wings小天使（常被绘为有翅膀的胖男孩）
    • carvings of Madonnas and cherubs麦当娜和天使的雕刻
    compare seraph
  2. (plural cherubs)
     (informal) a pretty child; a child who behaves well可爱的小孩；乖小孩
    • I was quite a good student—no cherub, but no devil either.我是一个很好的学生，没有天使，也没有魔鬼。
    3. Word OriginOld English cherubin, ultimately (via Latin and Greek) from Hebrew kěrūb̲, plural kěrūb̲īm. A rabbinic folk etymology, which explains the Hebrew singular form as representing Aramaic kě-rab̲yā ‘like a child’, led to the representation of the cherub as a child.