patriarch

/'peitriɑ:k/ uk　 词频 #10741

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patriarch 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 创办人, 家长, 元老, 教长, (天主教)教皇

[法] 家长, 族长, 创始人

英文释义

n. title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

n. the male head of family or tribe

n. any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

n. a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

patriarch 的真实例句

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The patriarch, Peter, began his activities in Norway in the 1880s.

—— How whaling evolved from its Basque origins into a vast global business

Bud Flynn, the patriarch, is sleeping in a minivan, and his insecure wife, Catherine, has embarked on an affair with their pompous neighbor.

—— The Best Books of 2026 So Far

The play opens in a pitch-dark, three-star-hotel room, a step down for a bereaved family that has lost its patriarch and, as important, its promised inheritance.

—— Sharp Claws at “Becky Shaw” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”

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