cardinal
cardinal 英 [ˈkɑ:dɪnl] 美 [ˈkɑrdɪnl]
n. 红衣主教；红雀 adj. 主要的，基本的
名词复数:cardinals
- A cardinal is a bright red songbird, and the word also refers to the bird's crimson color. In Catholicism, a cardinal is a high-ranking bishop. In math, you use cardinal numbers to count. A cardinal rule is one that is central and should not be broken.
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- n. 红衣主教；红雀
- adj. 主要的，基本的
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1. Cardinal Brady
布雷迪红衣主教
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2. Nicholas was appointed a cardinal.
1448年，尼古拉斯被任命为红衣主教。
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3. Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law.
尊重生命是英国法律最重要的原则。
- cardinal (adj.) "chief, pivotal," early 14c., from Latin cardinalis "principal, chief, essential," a figurative use, literally "pertaining to a hinge," from cardo (genitive cardinis) "that on which something turns or depends; pole of the sky," originally "door hinge," which is of unknown origin. Related: Cardinally.
- cardinal (n.) early 12c., "one of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the sacred college," from Medieval Latin cardinalis, originally as a noun "one of the presbyters of the chief (cardinal) churches of Rome," short for cardinalis ecclesiae Romanae or episcopus cardinalis, from Latin cardinalis (adj.) "principal, chief, essential" (see cardinal (adj.)).
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