father

['fɑ:ðə]

n.父亲, 神父, 祖先, 创始人
v.创造, 当 ... 的父亲

n.[C]

1. 父亲, 父

You have been like a father to me.

你一直像父亲一样待我。

2. 创始人; 设计者; 发明者[(+of)]

George Washington is called the father of his country.

乔治・华盛顿被称为国父。

A.G. Bell was the father of the telephone.

贝尔是电话的发明者。

3. 祖先; 前辈[P1]

They still follow the tradition of their fathers.

他们仍然继承着他们祖先的传统。

4. (大写)神父

5. (大写)上帝; 圣父[the/our S]

vt.

1. 做……的父亲

He fathered a daughter at the age of fifty.

他五十岁时生下一个女儿。

2. 创始; 创立

Einstein fathered relativity.

爱因斯坦创立了相对论。

词形变化

动词过去式: fathered | 动词过去分词: fathered | 动词现在分词: fathering | 动词第三人称单数: fathers |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.创始; 创立

originate  cause  produce  breed  bring about

n.(大写)神父

priest

n.父亲, 父

daddy  sire  male parent  

同义参见:

beginner  author  relative  parent  monk  ancestor  inventor  

反义:

n.父亲

mother  

英英释义

名词 father:

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

同义词：male parent, begetter

the founder of a family

同义词：forefather, sire

`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military

同义词：Padre

(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

同义词：Church Father, Father of the Church

a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

同义词：Father-God, Fatherhood

a person who founds or establishes some institution

同义词：founder, beginner, founding father

the head of an organized crime family

同义词：don

动词 father:

make children

同义词：beget, get, engender, mother, sire, generate, bring forth

短语词组

Father Christmas

1. 圣诞老人

Father Christmas wears red clothes and a long white beard.

圣诞老人身穿红衣服, 蓄着长长的白胡须。

father figure

1. 父亲般的人物

Mr. Jones is the father figure as far as the child is concerned.

在这孩子的心目中, 琼斯先生与父亲无异。

Like father, like son.

1. 有其父必有其子。

sleep with one's fathers

1. 葬在祖墓; 死了

Now he slept quietly with his fathers.

此刻他安静地躺在祖坟中。

补充

fatherfather英:[ˈfɑ:ðə] 美:[ˈfɑðɚ]n.1.父亲My father carries on a trade in silk.我父亲经营丝绸生意。2.祖先, 先辈The boy from America said his fathers were Chinese.那个来自美国的男孩说他的祖先是中国人。3.创始人, 奠基人Graham Bell was the father of telephone.格雷汉姆 · 贝尔是电话的发明人。

例句

1. His father was a painter.他的父亲是画家。 2. He is a father of three.他是三个孩子的父亲。 3. He didn't want to be a father.他不想成为父亲。 4. Our fathers farmed that land.我们的祖先在那块土地上耕种。 5. I told myself that he would be a good father to my children.我告诉自己他会成为我孩子们的好父亲。 6. Her adoptive father left home when she was 15.她的养父在她15岁时离家出走了。 7. Mahatma Gandhi, the founding father of independent India印度独立之父圣雄甘地 8. Spike Milligan was the father of modern British comedy.斯皮克•米利根是现代英国喜剧之父。 9. The city fathers decided to allow Ramsay to stay open.市政府高级官员决定允许拉姆齐继续营业。 10. I draw attention to a matter that seems very serious to me and to other Council fathers.我请大家关注一个似乎需要我和其他理事会领袖严肃对待的问题。 11. father of the bar律师界的元老 12. It was the father of all sherries.这是所有雪利酒中最纯正的一种。 13. She claims Mark fathered her child.她声称马克是她孩子的父亲。 14. He has fathered two children.他有两个孩子。 15. The National Zoo's Tsing-Tsing fathered several panda cubs.国家动物园里的青青是好几只熊猫幼崽的父亲。 16. The very neo-cons who fathered this disaster are now calling for more American troops to be sent to Iraq.引发这场灾难的这些新保守主义者现在又在要求派遣更多的美军去伊拉克。 17. Increasingly, men will father their partner's children from previous relationships.越来越多的情况是, 男人们将像父亲一样抚养其伴侣与其前任所生的孩子。 18. He fathered a son.他生了个男孩。 19. Who fathered your children?谁抚养了你的孩子? 20. to father a plan, an idea, a project, etc.最早提出一项计划、一种思想、一项设计等 21. Einstein fathered relativity.爱因斯坦创建了相对论。 22. The mistake was fathered on him.这个错误是强加在他的头上的。 23. This article was fathered upon him.这篇文章被认为是他所作。 24. 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。 25. the prince is widely regarded as the father of the nation.这位亲王被普遍看作是该国的保护人。 26. father Thames.泰晤士老人（泰晤士河的绰号）。 27. pray for me, father.为我祈祷吧，神父。 28. he fathered three children.他有三个孩子。 29. the two males share the fathering of the cubs.两只成年公兽共同抚养幼兽。 30. a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the world.养育了世上一半流行音乐的文化。 31. a collection of Irish stories was fathered on him.他被认定是一套爱尔兰故事集的作者。 32. a singular letter from a lady, requesting I would father a novel of hers.一位女士的怪信要求我伪称是她的一本小说的作者。 33. John looks exactly like his father.约翰长得与他爸爸一模一样。 34. father O'Reilly奥赖利神父 35. to father a child成为父亲 36. He became a father when he was 30.他30岁时当了父亲。 37. He's the father of three small children.他是三个小孩的父亲。 38. He has been like a father to me.他对我一直像父亲一样。 39. the foal's father小马驹的爸爸 40. He's a single father. [=a father who does not have a wife or partner]他是位单身父亲。 41. "“He's very stubborn.” “Well, like father, like son.” [=his father is also stubborn]"“他十分固执。”“那是，有其父，必有其子嘛。” 42. He was a father to me after my own father died.我父亲死后，他对我就像父亲一样。 43. heavenly father天父 44. She inherited the land on which her fathers toiled.她继承了祖先耕种过的那片土地。 45. the faith of his fathers他祖先的信仰 46. the father of modern science现代科学之父 47. George Washington is the father of our country.乔治·华盛顿是我们美国的国父。 48. Will the city fathers agree to it?城邦的元老会同意这件事吗？ 49. father Fitzgerald菲茨杰拉德神父 50. "Good morning, father."早安，神父！ 51. a young man who didn't yet seem ready for fatherhood似乎尚未准备好做父亲的年轻人 52. a fatherless child没父亲的孩子 53. He fathered three children.他是三个孩子的父亲。 54. He was praised for fathering a plan to improve the city's schools.他因制订了一项改善本市学校的计划而受到称赞。