patriarchs是什么意思？

patriarchs

• n. 家长，族长( patriarch的名词复数 )，主教；

例句

• From him is the period Patriarchs, the fathers, extending to Moses. 从他开始, 延伸到摩西,是列祖时期.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （男性）家长，族长，酋长
  A patriarch is the male head of a family or tribe.
  例句
  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。 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。
• N-COUNT; N-TITLE
  （基督教东派教会的）大牧首，宗主教
  A patriarch is the head of one of a number of Eastern Christian Churches.
  例句
  ...the new head of the Russian Orthodox church, Patriarch Alexei the Second. 俄罗斯东正教的新领袖，大牧首阿列克谢二世