pa·ter·nal
adjective/pəˈtɜːnl/
/pəˈtɜːrnl/
- connected with being a father; typical of a kind father
父亲的；慈父般的 - paternal love
父爱 - He gave me a piece of paternal advice.
他给了我慈父般的忠告。 - Her weakness made him feel very paternal towards her.
她的软弱让他对她产生了非常慈父般的感觉。
- paternal love
- related through the father’s side of the family
父系的 - my paternal grandmother (= my father’s mother)
我的祖母
- my paternal grandmother (= my father’s mother)
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin paternalis, from Latin paternus ‘fatherly, belonging to a father’, from pater ‘father’.