patriarch

patriarch

['peitriɑ:k]

n.创办人, 家长, 元老, 主教

例句与用法:

A biblical patriarch said to have lived 969 years.

玛士撒拉基督教圣经中人物,据传享年969岁。

In the Old Testament, the patriarch who was chosen by God to build an ark, in which he, his family, and a pair of every animal were saved from the Flood.

诺亚在旧约圣经中,被上帝选去建造方舟的大主教,借此方舟,诺亚、其家人以及每种动物的一对,在世界大水中保全了性命

The patriarch of the herd.

群众里年高德劭的人

Her patriarch is strict with her.

她的家长对她要求很严。

词形变化:

异体字: patr- |




n.[C]

1. 家长; 族长

2. (宗教、企业等的)创始人, 元老

the patriarch of steam engines

蒸汽机的创始人

3. 德高望重的老人

4. 一群人中的最年长者

5. (早期基督教的)主教; (罗马天主教和东正教的)最高一级的主教


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