cardinal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɑːd(ɪ)nəl/|[ˈkʰɑːd(ɪ)nəl] ~ [ˈkʰɑːd(ɪ)nl̩]    美 /ˈkɑːd(ɪ)nəl/|[ˈkʰɑːd(ɪ)nəl] ~ [ˈkʰɑːd(ɪ)nl̩]|/ˈkɑɹd(ɪ)nəl/|[ˈkʰɑɹd(ɪ)nəl] ~ [ˈkʰɑɹd(ɪ)nl̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. countable,uncountable
    — His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart,[…]and cure him by the spell of his music.
  2. Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.) countable,uncountable
    — Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  3. A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red) countable,uncountable
    — Dark navy-blue, cardinal, golden-brown, old blue, olive, slate-gray, and telegraph-blue are the favorite solid colors seen in heavy beaver cloths […]
  4. Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.) abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — This cardinal number is the smallest of the infinite cardinal numbers; it is the one to which Cantor has appropriated the Hebrew aleph with the suffix 0, to distinguish it from larger infinite cardinals. Thus the name of the smallest of infinite cardinals is ₀א.
  5. Ellipsis of cardinal numeral, a word used to represent a cardinal number. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — The commonest numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals" […] and the "ordinals" […].
  6. Ellipsis of cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), a flowering plant. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — The sweet-briar rose with perfume good, / And the violet grows in the Milton wood, / The cardinal red—a queen is she, / But the sweetest flower is Mary Lee.
  7. Ellipsis of cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi), a freshwater fish. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
  8. A woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth. countable,historical,uncountable
    — […]; and whilst she was looking over several pieces of each, she took an opportunity of concealing under her cardinal a piece of cotton, and several handkerchiefs, with which she went off undiscovered;[…].
  9. Mulled red wine. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — He goes up, and finds the remains of the supper, Tankards full of egg-flip and cardinal, and a party playing at vingt-un.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
    — a cardinal rule
  2. Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
    — a cardinal mark
  3. Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
  4. Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock).
  5. Being one of the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, associated with initiation, creation, and force.

词形变化

more cardinal comparative most cardinal superlative cardinals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
anticardinal cardinal adjective cardinalate cardinal beetle cardinal bird cardinal bishop cardinal concern cardinal fish cardinalfish cardinal flower cardinal gem cardinalhood cardinalic cardinalin cardinalitial cardinality cardinalize cardinally cardinal mark cardinal-nephew cardinal nephew cardinal number cardinal numeral cardinal point cardinal rule cardinalship cardinal sin cardinal spider cardinal symptom cardinal variable cardinal vein cardinal virtue cardinal virtues cardinal vowel cardinal vowels College of Cardinals gray cardinal grey cardinal incardinate intercardinal intersubcardinal large cardinal limit cardinal noncardinal northern cardinal postcardinal pseudocardinal red cardinal red cardinal flower subcardinal supracardinal uncardinal weakly cardinal
相关词
Contrast with ordinal Card

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin cardō
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin cardinālisder.
Middle French cardinalbor.
English cardinal
From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardin-, cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin cardō
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin cardinālisder.
Middle French cardinalbor.
English cardinal
From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardin-, cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix.
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