| 单词 | parent |
| 释义 | parent —parentless, adj. —parentlike, adj. /pair"euhnt, par"-/, n. 1. a father or a mother. 2. an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor. 3. a source, origin, or cause. 4. a protector or guardian. 5. Biol. any organism that produces or generates another. 6. Physics. the first nuclide in a radioactive series. adj. 7. being the original source: a parent organization. 8. Biol. pertaining to an organism, cell, or complex molecular structure that generates or produces another: parent cell; parent DNA. v.t. 9. to be or act as parent of: to parent children with both love and discipline. [1375-1425; late ME ( < MF) < L parent- (s. of parens), n. use of prp. of parere to bring forth, breed] |
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