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| /ˈfɑːðə/ |
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| 1 | your male parent . People often call their father Dad or , especially if they are young children , Daddy . In the past , people often called their father Father or Papa 父亲；爸爸 |
| My father taught me to drive. 我父亲教会我开车。 |
| George suspected that he was not the father of Emily’ s child. 乔治怀疑自己不是埃米莉的孩子的父亲。 |
| The thought of becoming a father terrified Mark. 一想到要当父亲马克就感到恐惧。 |
| sb’ s real/natural father I never knew my real father. 我从不知道我的生父是谁。 |
| a father of two/three/four etc The 32-year-old father of three denies the charges. 这位32岁有3个孩子的父亲否认这些指控。 |
| be like a father to sb Tom has been like a father to me. 汤姆一直像父亲一样待我。 |
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| 2 | Father used for talking to or about a priest , especially a Roman Catholic priest 神父（对教士，尤其是天主教牧师的尊称） |
| I need your help, Father. 我需要您的帮助，神父。 |
| Father Peter said that that wasn’ t a sin. 彼得神父说那不是一种罪孽。 |
| | 2a | used for talking to or about God in the Christian religion （基督教对上帝的尊称）上帝，圣父，天父 | | Heavenly/Almighty Father Heavenly Father, please hear our prayers. 上帝啊，请聆听我们的祈祷吧。 | |
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| 3 | fathers plural people in your family who lived long before you 祖先；祖宗；前辈 |
| Spanish was the language of their fathers. 西班牙语是他们祖先的语言。 |
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| - | the father of sth
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| the man who first started something or first did it successfully |
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| He is often seen as the father of British television comedy. 他常被看作英国电视喜剧之父。 |
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| - | from father to son
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| from one generation or period in history to the next |
| 一代一代地 |
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| These traditional crafts were passed on from father to son. 这些传统工艺代代相传。 |
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| - | likefather, like son
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| used for saying that a man or boy has the same attitudes as his father or behaves in the same way |
| 有其父必有其子 |
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