Father Man Talking I Informal Child Fathered Parent
The word "father" can mean a male parent, a founder or originator, a priest, or ancestor. It can also be used as a verb meaning to father a child or father an idea.
[N-FAMILY 家庭成员名词]父亲;爸爸 Your father is your male parent. You can also call someone your father if he brings you up as if he was this man.
His father was a painter...
他父亲是个画家。
He would be a good father to my children.
对我的孩子们来说,他会是个好父亲。
...Mr Stoneman, a father of five.
5 个孩子的父亲斯通曼先生
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[VERB 动词]成为…的父亲;是…的父亲 When a man fathers a child, he makes a woman pregnant and their child is born.
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She claims Mark fathered her child...
她宣称马克是孩子的父亲。
He fathered at least three children by the wives of other men.
他跟别人的老婆至少生了 3 个孩子。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]发明者;鼻祖;创始人;奠基人 The man who invented or started something is sometimes referred to as the father of that thing.
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...Max Dupain, regarded as the father of modern photography.
被视为现代摄影之父的马克斯·杜培
...Mahatma Gandhi, the founding father of independent India.
圣雄甘地,引领印度实现独立的国父
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[N-VOC; N-TITLE; N-COUNT
称呼名词;头衔名词;可数名词
]神父 In some Christian churches, priests are addressed or referred to as Father .
I would like your advice on a matter of conscience, Father.
我想就一件有关良心的事征求您的建议,神父。
...Father William.
威廉神父
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[N-PROPER 专有名词](基督教)天父,上帝 Christians often refer to God as our Father or address him as Father .
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...Our Father in Heaven.
我们的天父
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father★/ˈfɑːðə(r); NAmEˈfɑːðər/
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fatherfathersfatheredfatheringnoun★1★a male parent of a child or an animal; a person who is acting as the father to a child 父亲;爸爸◆Ben's a wonderful father.本是个极好的父亲。◆You've been like a fatherto me. 你对我一直像父亲一样。◆Our new boss is a father of three(= he has three children).我们的新老板是三个孩子的父亲。◆He was a wonderful father to both his natural and adopted children.他对亲生的和领养的子女都很好。◆( old-fashioned) Father, I cannot lie to you.爸爸,我不能对你说谎。☞see also
godfather
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grandfather
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stepfather
2fathers[plural ]( literary) a person's ancestors(= people who are related to you who lived in the past) 祖先◆the land of our fathers我们祖先的土地☞see also
forefather
3father(of sth) the first man to introduce a new way of thinking about sth or of doing sth 创始人;奠基者;先驱;鼻祖◆Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture.亨利 · 穆尔被认为是现代英国雕塑之父。☞see also
founding father
4Fatherused by Christians to refer to God 天父;上帝◆Father, forgive us.天父,宽恕我们吧。◆God the Father天父5Father(abbr.Fr )the title of a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church (尤指天主教和东正教的)神父◆Father Dominic道明神父☞see also
Holy Father
IDIOMSfrom ˌfather to ˈsonfrom one generation of a family to the next 从父到子;世代相传like ˌfather, like ˈson( saying) used to say that a son's character or behaviour is similar to that of his father 有其父必有其子☞more at
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n.verb1fathersb to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant 成为父亲;做父亲◆He claims to have fathered over 20 children.他声称有 20 多个亲生子女。2fathersth to create new ideas or a new way of doing sth 创立(新思想);创造,发明(新方法)father/ˈfɑːðə(r); NAmEˈfɑːðər/
1parent a male parent: Ask your father to help you. Andrew was very excited about becoming a father. He’s been like a father to me.a father of two/three/four etc (=a man with two, three etc children) The driver, a father of four, escaped uninjured. Steve recently became the proud father of a 7lb 12oz baby girl.2priest Father a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church: I have sinned, Father. Father Devlin →
Holy Father
3fathers [plural] people related to you who lived a long time agoSYN ancestors: Our fathers were exiles from their native land. →
forefather
4god Father a way of talking to or talking about God, used in the Christian religion: our Heavenly Father5the father of something the man who was responsible for starting something: Freud is the father of psychoanalysis.6from father to son if property or skill passes from father to son, children receive it or learn it from their parents: This is a district where old crafts are handed down from father to son.7like father like son used to say that a boy behaves like his father, especially when this behaviour is bad8a bit of how’s your father British English informal the act of having sex – used humorously →
city fathers
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THESAURUSfather a male parent: · My father’s a doctor.· He’s a father of three.dad informal used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father: · Can I borrow your car, Dad?· Her dad retired ten years ago.· My dad was in the army.daddy a name for father, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children: · Where’s your daddy?· Daddy, can I have a drink, please?pop American English informal (also pa old-fashioned) used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father: · I helped Pop fix the gate this morning.· Can I help, Pa?· He is in New York with his Pop’s credit card, eating all the ice cream and pizza the city has to offer.papa old-fashioned informal used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father: · Papa had forbidden me to go.· She saw her papa’s face change at this news.somebody’s old man informal someone’s father – used when talking about him in a way that is not very respectful: · His old man wouldn’t let him use the car.stepfather (also stepdad informal) a man who is married to your mother, who is not your father but often acts as your parent: · Her stepfather is really nice.
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1to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant: Hodgkins fathered seven children.2 formal to start an important new idea or system: Bevan fathered the concept of the National Health Service.father on phrasal verb British English formal to claim that someone is responsible for something when they are not: A collection of Irish stories was fathered on him.
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father
[ˈfɑ:ðə(r)]fathered, fathering, fathers
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父亲(93%),神父(3%),祖先(2%),创造(1%),创始人(1%)
n.父亲,爸爸;神父;祖先;前辈
vt.发明,创立;当…的父亲
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