# patriarch ##### 词义 - 英：/ˈpeɪtriɑːk/； 美：/ˈpeɪtriɑːrk/ - #词性/n (男性)家长；族长；(东正教和天主教的)牧首；宗主教；酋长；德高望重的男长者 ##### 例句 - 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。 - Befor left home , he visited the patriarch and asked some advice . - 动身之前，迈斯先来拜访本族的族长，请求指点。 - I thought of myself as a patriarch , dispensing words of wisdom to all my children . - 我把自己当作在向子女传授至理名言的一家之长。 ##### 形态 - #形态/word_pl patriarchs