| 单词 | paternal |
| 释义 | paternal —paternally, adv. /peuh terr"nl/, adj. 1. characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand. 2. of or pertaining to a father. 3. related on the father's side: one's paternal grandfather. 4. derived or inherited from a father: paternal traits. [1400-50; late ME < LL paternalis, equiv. to L patern(us) paternal (pater FATHER + -nus adj. suffix) + -alis -AL1] Syn. 1. See fatherly. |
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