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  1. 🔊/ˈpraɪmeɪt/
    🔊/ˈpraɪmeɪt/
     any animal that belongs to the group of mammals that includes humans, apes and monkeys灵长类；灵长目动物
    Topics Animalsc1
  2. 🔊/ˈpraɪmət/, 🔊/ˈpraɪmeɪt/
    🔊/ˈpraɪmət/, 🔊/ˈpraɪmeɪt/
     an archbishop大主教；总主教 (= a priest of very high rank in the Christian Church)
    • the Primate of all England (= the Archbishop of Canterbury)全英格兰主教长（坎特伯雷大主教）
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    3. Word Originsense 2 Middle English: from Old French primat, from Latin primas, primat- ‘of the first rank’, from primus ‘first’.sense 1 late 19th cent.: from Latin primas, primat- ‘of the first rank’, from primus ‘first’.