| 释义 |
fatherlyfa‧ther‧ly /ˈfɑːðəli $ -ðər-/ adjective [only before noun]   - Do you mind if I give you some fatherly advice?
- From the plane window he could still see the two young women, and gave them a fatherly wave.
- He spoke in a warm, fatherly tone.
- And the city manager smiled his fatherly, kindly smile.
- He did all the fatherly duties, he changed diapers.
- He was always sort of brotherly and fatherly with him.
- His fatherly affection was not strong, as events proved, but his fear of the gods was.
- One day, feeling very fatherly, I decided to make him some soup.
- The suggestion of fatherly closeness was essential, even if it seemed awkward and difficult to illustrate.
like a father► paternal paternal feelings are like the feelings that a good father has for his children: · Although he had no children of his own, he took a kind of paternal interest in Katie's progress at school. ► fatherly behaving in a kind way towards someone who is younger than you, which shows you care about them a lot, as if you were their father: · Do you mind if I give you some fatherly advice?· From the plane window he could still see the two young women, and gave them a fatherly wave. kind and gentle in a way that is considered typical of a good father → motherly:  He took my arm in a fatherly way. fatherly advice |