father
noun
verb
ˈfɑːðə
noun
1
PARENT
家长
a
male
parent
父亲，爸爸
Ask
your
father
to
help
you.
叫你父亲帮你。
Andrew
was
very
excited
about
becoming
a
father.
安德鲁当了父亲非常激动。
He’s
been
like
a
father
to
me.
对我来说，他就像是父亲。
a
father
of
two/three/four
etc
(a
man
with
two,
three
etc
children)
两个/三个/四个等孩子的父亲
The
driver,
a
father
of
four,
escaped
uninjured.
司机是位有四个孩子的父亲，他安然逃脱，没有受伤。
Steve
recently
became
the
proud
father
of
a
7lb
12oz
baby
girl.
史蒂夫最近自豪地当上了爸爸，有了一个 7 磅 12 盎司的女婴。
2
PRIEST
神父
a
priest,
especially
in
the
Roman
Catholic
church
〔尤指天主教的〕神父
I
have
sinned,
Father.
我有罪，神父。
Father
Devlin
德夫林神父
3
fathers
people
related
to
you
who
lived
a
long
time
ago
祖先，先人，前辈;
plural 复数
Our
fathers
were
exiles
from
their
native
land.
我们的祖先被迫流落他乡。
4
GOD
上帝
a
way
of
talking
to
or
talking
about
God,
used
in
the
Christian
religion
天父〔基督教里用于称呼上帝〕
our
Heavenly
Father
我们的在天之父
5
the father of sth
the
man
who
was
responsible
for
starting
something
某事物的创始人，某事物之父
Freud
is
the
father
of
psychoanalysis.
弗洛伊德是精神分析之父。
6
from father to son
if
property
or
skill
passes
from
father
to
son,
children
receive
it
or
learn
it
from
their
parents
〔财产或技术〕父子相传
This
is
a
district
where
old
crafts
are
handed
down
from
father
to
son.
在这一地区，古老的手艺父子相传。
7
like father like son
used
to
say
that
a
boy
behaves
like
his
father,
especially
when
this
behaviour
is
bad
有其父必有其子
8
a bit of how’s your father
the
act
of
having
sex
–
used
humorously
[英，非正式] 性交〔幽默用法〕
BrE informal
verb
9
to
become
the
father
of
a
child
by
making
a
woman
PREGNANT
成为…的父亲
Hodgkins
fathered
seven
children.
霍奇金斯育有七个子女。
10
to
start
an
important
new
idea
or
system
[正式] 首先提出，创立〔新思想或新体系〕
formal
Bevan
fathered
the
concept
of
the
National
Health
Service.
比万首先提出了国民保健制度的概念。
11
to
claim
that
someone
is
responsible
for
something
when
they
are
not
[英，正式] 把〔责任、某物的来源等〕误加于某人
A
collection
of
Irish
stories
was
fathered
on
him.
有一本爱尔兰故事集的作者被误传是他。