| 释义 |
father /fäˈdhər/ noun- A male parent
- A protector who shows the love, concern, etc of a male parent
- An ancestor or forefather
- A contriver or originator
- A title of respect applied to a venerable man, to confessors, monks, priests, etc
- A member of certain fraternities
- (usu in pl) a member of a ruling body, such as conscript fathers, city fathers
- The oldest member, or member of longest standing, of a profession or body
- Any of a group of ecclesiastical writers of the early centuries, usu ending with Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine
- (with cap) the first person of the Christian Trinity
transitive verb- To be the father of, procreate or beget
- To adopt
- To invent, originate
- To acknowledge that one is the father or author of
- To ascribe to someone as his offspring or production
ORIGIN: OE fæder; Ger Vater, L pater, Gr patēr faˈtherhood noun - The state or fact of being a father
- Fatherly authority (archaic)
faˈtherless adjective - Having no living father
- Without a known author
faˈtherlessness noun fathˈerlike adjective faˈtherliness noun faˈtherly adjective - Like a father
- Paternal
faˈthership noun Father Christmas same as Santa Claus father figure noun A senior person of experience and authority looked on as a trusted leader or protector faˈther-in-law noun (pl faˈthers-in-law) - The father of one's husband or wife
- A stepfather (archaic)
faˈtherland noun - Native land, esp Germany (Vaterland)
- The country of one's ancestors
faˈther-lashˈer noun A name applied to two bullhead fish found round the British coasts Father's Day noun A day on which fathers are honoured, as, in the UK and the USA, the third Sunday in June be gathered to one's fathers (Bible) To die and be buried Holy Father The Pope like father, like son Said when remarking inherited tendencies the father and mother of see under mother1 |