bishop
/ˈbɪʃəp/noun
1
- a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders(基督教)主教。
2
- (亦作bishop bird)an African weaver bird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage寡妇鸟, 主教鸟。
2.1
- Genus Euplectes, family Ploceidae: several species, including the red bishop (E. orix), which has scarlet plumage with a black face and underparts.寡妇鸟属, 文鸟科:数种, 包括红寡妇鸟(拉丁名E. orix), 该鸟羽毛呈猩红色, 面部及腹部呈黑色。
3
- a chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a mitre, that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two bishops, one moving on white squares and the other on black.(国际象棋中的)象。
4
- mass noun mulled and spiced wine热果子酒。
词源
Old English biscop, bisceop, based on Greek episkopos 'overseer', from epi 'above' + -skopos '-looking'.