| 单词 | father figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfather figure father figure n. [compare German Vaterfigur (1865 or earlier)] a person who is regarded as having some of the characteristics, esp. benevolence or authority, thought to be typical of a father, spec. one who acts as an emotional substitute for a father. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > father-figure father figure1916 1916 C. V. Vechten Music & Bad Manners 138 We are all familiar with the Bayreuth version of Wotan in Die Walküre which makes of that tragic father-figure a boisterous, silly old scold. 1957 Ann. Reg. 1956 168 President Eisenhower..was also something of a ‘father figure’ whose personality inspired such confidence as often to serve as a substitute for a policy. 1996 Big Issue 2 Dec. 5/1 Thompson is remembered as a father figure to the young people who flood in to the cardboard city beneath Waterloo's Bullring. 2007 Voice 16 Apr. 30/2 I honestly do feel that my boys are missing out big time on that father figure. < as lemmas |
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