| 单词 | cardinal |
| 释义 | Word Frequency cardinal(ˈkɑːdɪnəl) noun 1. Roman Catholic Church any of the members of the Sacred College, ranking next after the pope, who elect the pope and act as his chief counsellors 2. Also called: cardinal red a deep vivid red colour 3. cardinal number 4. Also called: cardinal grosbeak or (US) redbird a crested North American bunting, Richmondena (or Pyrrhuloxia) cardinalis, the male of which has a bright red plumage and the female a brown one 5. a fritillary butterfly, Pandoriana pandora, found in meadows of southern Europe 6. a woman's hooded shoulder cape worn in the 17th and 18th centuries adjective 7. (usually prenominal) fundamentally important; principal cardinal sin 8. of a deep vivid red colour 9. astrology of or relating to the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn Compare mutable (sense 2), fixed (sense 10) Derived forms cardinally (ˈcardinally) adverb Word origin C13: from Latin cardinālis, literally: relating to a hinge, hence, that on which something depends, principal,from cardō hinge |
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