| 单词 | father |
| 释义 | noun | verb fatherfather1 /ˈfɑðɚ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1[countable] a male parent: I’d like you to meet my father.a father of two/three etc. Hernandez, the father of five, has not been able to work since July.2Father a)a priest, especially in the Catholic Church: Have you met Father Simmons? b)a way of speaking to or about God, used in the Christian religion: Heavenly Father, please forgive us our sins.3the father of something the man who was responsible for starting something: George Washington is the father of our country.4father figure an older man whom you trust and respect5like father, like son used to say that a boy behaves like his father, especially when this behavior is bad6fathers [plural] literary people related to you who lived a long time ago; ancestors: Our fathers came to a new country with new hope. [Origin: Old English fæder] → see also city father, forefather noun | verb fatherfather2 verb [transitive] 1to make a woman have a baby: Taylor denies fathering her 4-month-old son.2to start an important new idea or system: Roosevelt fathered the concept of Social Security. |
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