柯林斯詞典cardinal /?kɑ?d?n?l/ (cardinals) 1. N-COUNT/N-TITLE A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church. (天主教的) 紅衣主教 In 1448, Nicholas was appointed a cardinal. 1448年，尼古拉斯被任命爲(wèi)紅衣主教。2. ADJ A cardinal rule or quality is the one that is considered to be the most important. 首要的[正式] [ADJ n] As a salesman, your cardinal rule is to do everything you can to satisfy a customer. 作爲(wèi)一名推銷員，首要原則就是要盡你所能使客戶滿意。3. N-COUNT A cardinal is a common North American bird. The male has bright red feathers. 紅衣鳳頭鳥 返回 cardinal劍橋詞典 cardinal noun [C] (PRIEST) a priest of very high rank in the Roman Catholic Church （羅馬天主教會(huì)的）紅衣主教，樞機(jī)主教 Cardinals elect and advise the Pope. 紅衣主教們推選教皇竝擔(dān)儅教皇的顧問。 cardinal noun [C] (NUMBER) (also cardinal number) a number that represents amount , such as 1, 2, 3, rather than order , such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd 基數(shù) 比較ordinal cardinal noun [C] (BIRD) a North American bird , the male of which has bright red feathers 紅衣鳳頭鳥（見於北美，雄鳥有鮮紅色的羽毛） 返回 cardinal