primate

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n. 大主教, 灵长目动物 [医] 灵长类

发音

US /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/
AU /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/

词形变化

primates 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mammal of the order Primates, including apes and humans, monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

    灵长目动物

    灵长目

    生物 动物学

    Primates range from lemurs to gorillas.

  2. 2.

    An anthropoid; ape including human.

    非正式
  3. 1.

    In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.

    宗教

    The Archbishop of Quebec is the primate of Canada.

  4. 2.

    In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.

    宗教
  5. 3.

    In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

    总主教

    宗教

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

archpriest hierarch high priest prelate

上位词 3

priest eutherian placental

下位词 9

monkey ape lemur simian anthropoid hominid hominoid prosimian tarsier

相关短语

primate city primate cities abbot primate abbots primate abbot primates prince-primate

词源

First attested in 1876. From French primate, from the substantivization of Latin prīmās, prīmātis (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”), same as Etymology 2. So named due to the belief that primates are the highest order of mammals or animals.

来源：wiktionary