英语词汇“parent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

par·ent

(pârənt, păr-)

a. A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.

b. A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.

c. A person who adopts a child.

d. A person who raises a child.

2. An ancestor; a progenitor.

3. An organism that produces or generates offspring.

4. A guardian; a protector.

5. A parent company.

6. A source or cause; an origin: Despair is the parent of rebellion.

v. par·ent·ed, par·ent·ing, par·ents

v.tr.

1. To act as a parent to; raise and nurture: "A genitor who does not parent the child is not its parent" (Ashley Montagu).

2. To cause to come into existence; originate.

v.intr.

To act as a parent.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin parēns, parent-, from past active participle of parere, to give birth; see perə-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

parent·hood′ n.

单词	parent
释义	par·ent (pârənt, păr-) n. 1. a. A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child. b. A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child. c. A person who adopts a child. d. A person who raises a child. 2. An ancestor; a progenitor. 3. An organism that produces or generates offspring. 4. A guardian; a protector. 5. A parent company. 6. A source or cause; an origin: Despair is the parent of rebellion. v. par·ent·ed, par·ent·ing, par·ents v.tr. 1. To act as a parent to; raise and nurture: "A genitor who does not parent the child is not its parent" (Ashley Montagu). 2. To cause to come into existence; originate. v.intr. To act as a parent. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin parēns, parent-, from past active participle of parere, to give birth; see perə-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] parent·hood′ n.
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