patriarch
英 ['pe?tr?ɑ?k]
美['petr?ɑrk]
- n. 家長；族長；元老；創(chuàng)始人
TEM8TOEFL低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?patriarchs;
助記提示
1、patri- + arch-.
中文詞源
patriarch 家長，族長
patri-,父親，-arch,管理，統(tǒng)治，詞源同matriarch.
英文詞源
- patriarch
- patriarch: see patron
- patriarch (n.)
- late 12c., from Old French patriarche "one of the Old Testament fathers" (11c.) and directly from Late Latin patriarcha (Tertullian), from Greek patriarkhes "chief or head of a family," from patria "family, clan," from pater "father" (see father (n.)) + arkhein "to rule" (see archon). Also used as an honorific title of certain bishops in the early Church, notably those of Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome.
雙語例句
- 1. Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch.
- 每個大星星家族都由一個魁梧的、長著銀色被毛的族長帶領(lǐng)著.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood.
- 那戶人家的家長賈瓦德先生治家嚴苛，名聞鄉(xiāng)里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Joseph Kennedy, the clan's patriarch, communicated with Bobby in a series of notes.
- 宗族族長約瑟夫·肯尼迪通過一系列便箋和博比交流。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I thought of myself as a patriarch, dispensing words of wisdom to all my children.
- 我把自己當作在向子女傳授至理名言的一家之長。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She suffers all pupil's patriarch's highly praising and respect.
- 她受到全體小學生家長的高度贊揚與尊敬.
來自辭典例句