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paternal adj.父亲的；似父亲的；得自父亲的 (1) 然而她似乎完全没有吸收到父亲的哪怕一丁点智慧。 Paternal originates from the Old French word of the same spelling, meaning "of a father." For example, your paternal grandparents are your father's parents. (Your mom's parents are your maternal grandparents.) Paternal describes your father specifically, or fatherhood in general, like common paternal activities like father-son fishing trips and making sure the guy who is dating his daughter is respectful and sincere.

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英 [pə'tɜːnl] 美 [pə'tɜːrnl] (1) Yet she seems never fully to have absorbed that piece of paternal wisdom. The word paternal describes anything that has to do with fatherhood, like your dad's paternal habit of giving you advice, always including some "when I was a boy..." tales. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]父亲的；父亲般的 Paternal is used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind father towards his child.   [usu ADJ n]...paternal love for his children...对子女的父爱He put his hand under her chin in an almost paternal gesture.他以近乎父亲的姿态用手托着她的下巴。2[ADJ 形容词]父系的；父亲一方的 A paternal relative is one that is related through a person's father rather than their mother.   [ADJ n]...my paternal grandparents.我的祖父母

英语单词	paternal
英美音标	英 [pə'tɜːnl] 美 [pə'tɜːrnl]
中文释义	adj.父亲的；似父亲的；得自父亲的
英语例句	(1) Yet she seems never fully to have absorbed that piece of paternal wisdom.
中文例句	(1) 然而她似乎完全没有吸收到父亲的哪怕一丁点智慧。
vocabulary简明	The word paternal describes anything that has to do with fatherhood, like your dad's paternal habit of giving you advice, always including some "when I was a boy..." tales.
vocabulary扩展	Paternal originates from the Old French word of the same spelling, meaning "of a father." For example, your paternal grandparents are your father's parents. (Your mom's parents are your maternal grandparents.) Paternal describes your father specifically, or fatherhood in general, like common paternal activities like father-son fishing trips and making sure the guy who is dating his daughter is respectful and sincere.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]父亲的；父亲般的 Paternal is used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind father towards his child. [usu ADJ n] ...paternal love for his children... 对子女的父爱 He put his hand under her chin in an almost paternal gesture. 他以近乎父亲的姿态用手托着她的下巴。 2 [ADJ 形容词]父系的；父亲一方的 A paternal relative is one that is related through a person's father rather than their mother. [ADJ n] ...my paternal grandparents. 我的祖父母

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