plural parents
plural parents
Learner's definition of PARENT
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a : a person who is a father or mother : a person who has a child父亲；母亲 -
My parents live in New York.我的父母住在纽约。
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They recently became parents. = They're new parents.他们最近才为人父母。
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The form must be signed by a parent or guardian of the child.表格必须由孩子的父母之一或监护人签名。
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A few of us are single parents. [=parents who live with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner]我们中有几个是单身父母。
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my adoptive parents [=the people who adopted me]我的养父母
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The organization helps people who were adopted find their birth/biological parents. [=their natural parents]这个组织帮那些被收养的人寻找亲生父母。
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They'd like to become foster parents. [=people who volunteer to care for a child who is not their biological child]他们想做养父母。
— compare grandparent, stepparent b : an animal or plant that produces a young animal or plant（动植物的）亲代，亲本，母体 2
a : something out of which another thing has developed母体；本体 —
usually used before another noun通常用于另一名词前 -
Latin is the parent language of several languages, including Italian, Spanish, and French.拉丁语是意大利语、西班牙语和法语等几种语言的母体语言。
b : a company or organization that owns and controls a smaller company or organization母公司；总公司 —
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 — parental
/pəˈrɛntl̟/ adjective, always used before a noun