英语词汇“cardinal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	cardinal
释义	cardinal —cardinally, adv. —cardinalship, n. /kahr"dn l/, adj. 1. of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance. 2. of the color cardinal. n. 3. Rom. Cath. Ch. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope. 4. Also called cardinal grosbeak. a crested grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, of North America, the male of which is bright red. 5. any of various similar birds. 6. a deep, rich red color. 7. a woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth and popularly worn in the 18th century. 8. See cardinal number. [bef. 1150; ME, OE < L cardinalis, equiv. to cardin- (s. of cardo) hinge, hence, something on which other things hinge + -alis -AL¹]
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