🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2595 COCA: 1757

catholic

catholic /ˈkæθlɪk/ adjective
catholic
/ˈkæθlɪk/
adjective
Learner's definition of CATHOLIC
Catholic : of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church天主教的
formal : including many different things广泛的;包罗万象的

Catholic

Catholic /ˈkæθlɪk/ noun
plural Catholics
Catholic
/ˈkæθlɪk/
noun
plural Catholics
Learner's definition of CATHOLIC
[count]
: a person who is a member of the Roman Catholic Church天主教教徒
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2595 COCA: 1757

catholic

1 of 2

adjective

cath·​o·​lic ˈkath-lik How to pronounce catholic (audio)
ˈka-thə-
1
a
capitalized : roman catholic
Her son goes to a Catholic school.
b
often capitalized : of, relating to, or forming the church universal
c
often capitalized : of, relating to, or forming the ancient undivided Christian church or a church claiming historical continuity from it
2
: comprehensive, universal
especially : broad in sympathies, tastes, or interests
a catholic taste in music
catholically adverb
catholicize verb

Catholic

2 of 2

noun

Cath·​o·​lic ˈkath-lik How to pronounce Catholic (audio)
ˈka-thə-
1
: a member of a Catholic church
especially : roman catholic
2
: a person who belongs to the universal Christian church

Example Sentences

Adjective She is a novelist who is catholic in her interests. a museum director with catholic tastes in art
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
But his photography is at the heart of his catholic creativity. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 June 2022 The wine list, overseen by Nicolas Corão and sommelier Manoel Beato, is catholic in its international offerings, though most proudly Italian. John Mariani, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022 There are the more organic but equally taxing speakeasy-style bacchanals, where, as the night progresses, a more and more catholic range of vices begins to emerge from pockets and back rooms. Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022 Our intent was to be as catholic and creative in our selections as possible, highlighting items both rarefied and workaday that represent the city’s innumerable styles of international cuisine. New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021 Black authors are carrying us into bird sanctuaries, catholic mass pews, sweeping tropical graveyards, locker room huddles, ship bows, and the hollows of suburbia this season. Admin, Essence, 7 Jan. 2022 Proof of Churchill’s catholic taste, and also of the appeal, beyond political categories, of Wells’s imagination. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021 In 1960s San Francisco, a once-promising catholic school girl, Celina Guerrera (Lorenza Izzo), sets out to rise above the oppression of poverty and invest in a future for herself and her son that sets new precedents for the time. Mia Galuppo, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2021 There’s a catholic impulse in the origins of Minimalism. Kyle Chayka, The New Republic, 15 May 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English catholik, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French catholique, from Late Latin catholicus, from Greek katholikos universal, general, from katholou in general, from kata by + holos whole — more at cata-, safe

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of catholic was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2595 COCA: 1757
Catholic

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CATHOLIC ADJECTIVERoman天主教徒devout, faithful (especially NAmE) 虔敬的/忠實的天主教徒practising/practicing履行信仰義務的天主教徒good虔誠的天主教徒lapsed失落的教友(不履行信仰義務的天主教徒)traditional傳統的天主教徒cradle (NAmE) 自幼就信奉天主教的人VERB + CATHOLICbe, become是天主教徒;成為天主教徒be brought up (as), be raised (as) (NAmE) 從小受天主教信仰的培養

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime