a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders (基督教)主教
(亦作 bishop bird)an African weaver bird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage 寡妇鸟,主教鸟
Genus Euplectes, family Ploceidae: several species, including the red bishop (E. orix), which has scarlet plumage with a black face and underparts 寡妇鸟属,文鸟科:数种,包括红寡妇鸟(拉丁名E. orix),该鸟羽毛呈猩红色,面部及腹部呈黑色
a chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a mitre, that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two bishops, one moving on white squares and the other on black (国际象棋中的)象
[mass noun]mulled and spiced wine 热果子酒
语源
Old English biscop, bisceop, based on Greek episkopos 'overseer', from epi 'above' + -skopos '-looking'