首页英语词典fatherfather英英释意

father

英['fɑːðə] 美['fɑðɚ]
  • n. 父亲,爸爸;神父;祖先;前辈
  • vt. 发明,创立;当…的父亲

英英释意


1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);
"his father was born in Atlanta"
2. the founder of a family;
"keep the faith of our forefathers"
3. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization;
"the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"
"the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
4. a person who founds or establishes some institution;
"George Washington is the father of his country"
5. the head of an organized crime family