patriarch

英 ['peɪtrɪɑːk] 美 ['petrɪɑrk]

解释

※ 提供单词"patriarch"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

patriarch 家长，族长

patri-,父亲，-arch,管理，统治，词源同matriarch.

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.

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1. Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch.: 每个大星星家族都由一个魁梧的、长着银色被毛的族长带领着.

2. The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood.: 那户人家的家长贾瓦德先生治家严苛，名闻乡里。

3. Joseph Kennedy, the clan's patriarch, communicated with Bobby in a series of notes.: 宗族族长约瑟夫·肯尼迪通过一系列便笺和博比交流。

4. I thought of myself as a patriarch, dispensing words of wisdom to all my children.: 我把自己当作在向子女传授至理名言的一家之长。

5. She suffers all pupil's patriarch's highly praising and respect.: 她受到全体小学生家长的高度赞扬与尊敬.