father
英 [ˈfɑːðə(r)]
美 [ˈfɑːðər]
n. 父亲; 爸爸; 祖先; 创始人; 奠基者; 先驱; 鼻祖
v. 成为…的父亲; 做…的父亲; 创立(新思想); 创造,发明(新方法)
复数:fathers 过去分词:fathered 现在分词:fathering 过去式:fathered 第三人称单数:fathers
Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.364 / COCA.267
同义词辨析
dadn. 〈口〉爸爸,爹爹
〔辨析〕
常用作称呼,显得较亲切,无拘无束。
〔例证〕
Dad, will you come and help me?
爸爸,过来帮我一下好吗?
Ask your dad if he will be back for supper.
问问你爸爸回来吃饭不。
爸爸,过来帮我一下好吗?
Ask your dad if he will be back for supper.
问问你爸爸回来吃饭不。
daddyn. 爸爸,爹爹
〔辨析〕
尤用作儿语。
〔例证〕
Daddy's home!
爸爸回家啦!
爸爸回家啦!
fathern. 父亲
〔辨析〕
较正式用词。
〔例证〕
My father is an officer of high rank.
我父亲是名高级军官。
He treated me like his father.
他把我当作父亲一样对待。
我父亲是名高级军官。
He treated me like his father.
他把我当作父亲一样对待。
习惯用语
n.
- from father to son
- 从父到子;世代相传
from one generation of a family to the next like father, like son - 有其父必有其子
used to say that a son's character or behaviour is similar to that of his father old enough to be sb's father/mother - 论年龄足以当某人的爹 / 娘(尤指双方在爱情或性关系方面不相配)
very much older than sb (especially used to suggest that a romantic or sexual relationship between the two people is not appropriate) the wish is father to the thought - 希望什么就相信什么
we believe a thing because we want it to be true
牛津词典
noun
- 父亲;爸爸
a male parent of a child or an animal; a person who is acting as the father to a child- Ben's a wonderful father.
本是个极好的父亲。 - You've been like a father to me.
你对我一直像父亲一样。 - Our new boss is a father of three (= he has three children) .
我们的新老板是三个孩子的父亲。 - He was a wonderful father to both his natural and adopted children.
他对亲生的和领养的子女都很好。 - Father, I cannot lie to you.
爸爸,我不能对你说谎。
- Ben's a wonderful father.
- 祖先
a person's ancestors (= people who are related to you who lived in the past)- the land of our fathers
我们祖先的土地
- the land of our fathers
- 创始人;奠基者;先驱;鼻祖
the first man to introduce a new way of thinking about sth or of doing sth- Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture.
亨利∙穆尔被认为是现代英国雕塑之父。
- Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture.
- 天父;上帝
used by Christians to refer to God- Father, forgive us.
天父,宽恕我们吧。 - God the Father
天父
- Father, forgive us.
- (尤指天主教和东正教的)神父
the title of a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church- Father Dominic
多米尼克神父
- Father Dominic
verb
- 成为…的父亲;做…的父亲
to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant- He claims to have fathered over 20 children.
他声称有20多个亲生子女。
- He claims to have fathered over 20 children.
- 创立(新思想);创造,发明(新方法)
to create new ideas or a new way of doing sth
柯林斯词典
- N-FAMILY 父亲;爸爸
Yourfatheris your male parent. You can also call someone yourfatherif he brings you up as if he was this man.- His father was a painter...
他父亲是个画家。 - He would be a good father to my children.
对我的孩子们来说,他会是个好父亲。 - ...Mr Stoneman, a father of five.
5 个孩子的父亲斯通曼先生
- His father was a painter...
- VERB 成为…的父亲;是…的父亲
When a manfathersa child, he makes a woman pregnant and their child is born.- She claims Mark fathered her child...
她宣称马克是孩子的父亲。 - He fathered at least three children by the wives of other men.
他跟别人的老婆至少生了 3 个孩子。
- She claims Mark fathered her child...
- N-COUNT 发明者;鼻祖;创始人;奠基人
The man who invented or started something is sometimes referred to as thefather ofthat thing.- ...Max Dupain, regarded as the father of modern photography.
被视为现代摄影之父的马克斯·杜培 - ...Mahatma Gandhi, the founding father of independent India.
圣雄甘地,引领印度实现独立的国父
- ...Max Dupain, regarded as the father of modern photography.
- N-VOC; N-TITLE; N-COUNT 神父
In some Christian churches, priests are addressed or referred to asFather.- I would like your advice on a matter of conscience, Father.
我想就一件有关良心的事征求您的建议,神父。 - ...Father William.
威廉神父
- I would like your advice on a matter of conscience, Father.
- N-PROPER (基督教)天父,上帝
Christians often refer to God asour Fatheror address him asFather.- ...Our Father in Heaven.
我们的天父
- ...Our Father in Heaven.
英英释义
noun
- the head of an organized crime family
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- his father was born in Atlanta
- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- the tennis fathers ruled in her favor
- the city fathers endorsed the proposal
- the founder of a family
- keep the faith of our forefathers
- a person who founds or establishes some institution
- George Washington is the father of his country
verb
- make children
- Abraham begot Isaac
- Men often father children but don't recognize them
双语例句
- Her father and her brothers would die of shame
她父亲和她的兄弟们会羞愧死。 - I admired my father, and his work filled me with awe and curiosity
我很钦佩父亲,并对他的工作充满了敬畏和好奇。 - He would be a good father to my children.
对我的孩子们来说,他会是个好父亲。 - His grandmother and his father brought him up
是他的祖母和父亲把他养大的。 - His father was a painter
他父亲是个画家。 - I denied my father because I wanted to become someone else.
我和父亲断绝了关系,因为我想成为一个不一样的自己。 - Gil sensed something wrong from her father's strained voice
吉尔从父亲紧张的声音中感觉到出了什么事了。 - I chanced to see your father in the street.
我恰巧在街上看到了你的父亲。 - Jim was a most loving husband and father
吉姆是个非常体贴的丈夫和慈爱的父亲。 - The first and most important thing was to repair my relationship with my father.
最首要和最重要的是挽救我和父亲的关系。