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- a man in relation to his natural child or children父亲。
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- a man who has continuous care of a child, especially by adoption继父; 养父。
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- a male animal in relation to its offspring（动物的）父代。
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- （一般作Fathers）poetic/literary an ancestor〈诗/文〉祖先, 父辈。
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- an important figure in the origin and early history of something创始人, 奠基人：
he is usually regarded as the father of the factory system.
他通常被视作工厂制度的创始人。
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- a man who gives care and protection to someone or something保护人, 庇护人：
the prince is widely regarded as the father of the nation.
这位亲王被普遍看做是该国的保护人。
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- the oldest member or doyen of a society or other body（社团的）元老。
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the Father
(in Christian belief) the first person of the Trinity; God（基督教教义）（三位一体中的）圣父; 上帝, 神。
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Father
used in proper names, especially of personifications, to suggest an old and venerable character尤用于拟人化的专有名称, 含有“可敬的老人”之意 …老人：Father Thames.
泰晤士老人（泰晤士河的绰号）。
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- （亦作 Father）(often as a title or form of address) a priest［常用作尊称］ 神父：
pray for me, father.
为我祈祷吧, 神父。
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- （Fathers 或 Fathers of the Church）early Christian theologians (in particular of the first five centuries) whose writings are regarded as especially authoritative早期基督教神学家（尤指最初五个世纪的神学家, 其著作被视为尤具权威性）。
with obj.
1- be the father of是…的父亲：
he fathered three children.
他是三个孩子的父亲。
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- usu. as noun fathering treat with the protective care usually associated with a father如父亲般对待（或抚养、照料）：
the two males share the fathering of the cubs.
两只雄性动物共同承担了幼兽的照料工作。
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- be the source or originator of是…的创始人, 创建, 创立; 是…的源泉：
a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the world.
培育了世界上一半流行音乐的一种文化。
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father someone/thing on
assign the paternity of a child or responsibility for a book, idea, or action to确定（某人）的生父为…; 确定（某事物）的责任应由…来承担：a collection of Irish stories was fathered on him.
他被认定是一本爱尔兰故事集的作者。
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- archaic appear as or admit that one is the father or originator of〈古〉作为…的父亲（或创始人）出现; 承认自己是…的父亲（或创始人）：
a singular letter from a lady, requesting I would father a novel of hers.
一位女士的奇怪来信, 要求我当她的一本小说的作者。
短语
how's your father
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- Brit. informal used euphemistically to refer to sexual intercourse〈英, 非正式, 婉〉性交。
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- used euphemistically to refer to a penis〈婉〉阴茎。
like father, like son
- proverb a son's character or behaviour can be expected to resemble that of his father〈谚〉有其父必有其子。
派生词
fatherhood
nounfatherless
adjectivefatherlessness
nounfatherlike
adjective & adverb词源
Old English fæder, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vader and German Vater, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pater and Greek patēr.