catholic
adjective /ˈkæθlɪk/
/ˈkæθlɪk/
- Catholic(also Roman Catholic)belonging to or connected with the part of the Christian Church that has the Pope as its leader
全体基督教徒的；基督教会的 - Are they Catholic or Protestant?
他们是天主教徒还是新教徒？ - a Catholic church
天主教教堂
- Are they Catholic or Protestant?
- (often Catholic)(specialist) connected with all Christians or the whole Christian Church
全体基督教徒的；基督教会的 - (formal) including many or most things
包罗万象的；广泛的 - to have catholic tastes (= to like many different things)
爱好广泛的
- to have catholic tastes (= to like many different things)
词源late Middle English (in senses (1 and 2)): from Old French catholique or late Latin catholicus, from Greek katholikos ‘universal’, from kata ‘in respect of’ + holos ‘whole’.