paternal
/pəˈtɜːnəl/adjective
1- of or appropriate to a father父亲的; 父亲般的：
he reasserted his paternal authority.
他重申他作为父亲的权威。
1.1
- showing a kindness and care associated with a father; fatherly父亲般的; 父亲般关爱的：
my elders in the newsroom kept a paternal eye on me.
新闻编辑室中的长辈像父亲一样关注我。
1.2
- attrib. related through the father父亲一方的, 父方的：
his father and paternal grandfather were porcelain painters.
他的父亲和爷爷都是瓷器上色工。
派生词
paternally
adverb词源
late Middle English: from late Latin paternalis, from Latin paternus 'fatherly, belonging to a father', from pater 'father'.