| 单词 | fatherless |
| 释义 | fatherless (once / 3845 pages) adj Fatherless means without a father. When Claudius killed Hamlet's father, Hamlet became fatherless and obsessed with vengeance. Use the adjective fatherless to describe your orphaned kitten, who has no parents and is therefore both motherless and fatherless. Usually, a fatherless person has lost his or her father to death, although you could also describe a girl raised only by her mother as a fatherless child. The root of fatherless is the similar Old English word fæderleas. WORD FAMILYfather: fathered, fatherhood, fathering, fatherless, fatherlike, fatherly, fathers, forefather+/fatherly: fatherliness/forefather: forefathers USAGE EXAMPLESThere isn't a road map for fatherless teens or, as I told my mother years later, for widows at 43. Golf Digest(Dec 09, 2016) One son was detained at a government checkpoint and never heard from again, and two sons-in-law were killed in airstrikes, leaving seven grandchildren fatherless. Washington Post(Nov 04, 2016) The drug dealer as default role model for fatherless youth is a staple of hip-hop mythology, pop sociology and television crime drama. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) 1adj having no living father Syn parentless, unparented having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates 2adj not having a known or legally responsible father Syn illegitimate of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful |
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