patriarch
美音:
[´peıtrı´ɑ:k
]英音:
[´peıtrı´ɑ:k
]n.家长,族长,创办人,最年长者
难易程度:
patriarch为短语/超纲词汇
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patr=father(父)
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patriarch
/'peɪtrɪɑ:k; `petrɪ,ɑrk/
n
1 male head of a family or tribe (男性)家长, 族长. Cf 参看 matriarch.
2 Patriarch (in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches) high-ranking bishop (东正教和天主教的)牧首, 宗主教.
3 old man who is greatly respected 极受尊敬的年老男子.
patriarch
n[C][
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Old French;Origin: patriarche, from
Late Latin, from
Greek, from patria
'family' + -arches
'ruler']
an old man who is respected as the head of a family or tribe
→
matriarcha
bishop in the early Christian church
a
bishop of the Orthodox Christian churches who is very high in rank