名詞 primate:

1. a senior clergyman and dignitary
   同義詞：archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate
2. any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

1. The human being is a primate.
   人類是靈長類動物
2. The office, rank, or province of primate.
   首席主教(或都主教，大主教)的職責(zé)，階層或教區(qū)

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n.（名詞）
[pro.m3t.] A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.
[pro.m3t.] 靈長目：屬于靈長目的哺乳動物，包括類人猿和原猴亞目的猴，主要特征是手足進一步進化，口鼻縮短，大腦增大
A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.
首席主教，大主教：一省或一國內(nèi)職位最高的主教

來源：
From New Latin Prom3tes [order name]
源自 現(xiàn)代拉丁語 Prom3tes [目的名稱]
from Latin prom3tôs [pl. of] prom3s [principal, of first rank]
源自 拉丁語 prom3tôs [] prom3s的復(fù)數(shù) [主要的，最高等級的]
from promus [first] * see per
源自 promus [第一] *參見 per
Sense 2, from Middle English primat
釋義2，源自 中古英語 primat
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Medieval Latin prom3s prom3t-
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 prom3s prom3t-
from Latin
源自 拉丁語

【引伸】
prima.tial