parent

['pɛərənt]

n.父母, 根源
v.抚养, 产生

n.[C]

1. 父亲; 母亲

2. 双亲[P]

She still lives with her parents.

她仍然与父母亲住在一起。

3. 母公司

4. (动, 植物的)亲本, 母体

5. 起源, 根源; 原因

Greed is the parent of many evils.

贪婪是万恶之根源。

vt.

养育(子女); 做……的父(母)亲

词形变化

名词: parenthood | 动词过去式: parented | 动词过去分词: parented | 动词现在分词: parenting | 动词第三人称单数: parents |

词义辨析

同义:

n.父亲, 母亲, 双亲

genitor  father  mother  sire  folks  begettor

n.祖先

ancestor  antecedent  forefather  forbears  progenitor  primogenitor

n.起源, 原因, 根源, 创作者

cause  source  root  origin  fountainhead  mainspring  agent  creator  producer  originator  author  inventor  architect

n.前辈, 前任, 先锋, 标兵

precursor  predecessor  forerunner  exemplar

n.警卫, 保护者

protector  protectress  guardian  watchdog  defender  preserver  nurturer

v.抚养, 养育, 培育

foster  raise  rear  mother  cherish  nurture  nourish  

反义:

n.父亲; 母亲

child  

英英释义

名词 parent:

a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

动词 parent:

bring up

同义词：rear, raise, bring up, nurture

补充

parentparent英:[ˈpɛərənt] 美:[ˈpɛrənt, ˈpær-]n.1.父亲, 母亲; 家长As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子, 他是父母的宠儿。

例句

1. My parents lived here before I was born.我出生前我的父母住在这里。 2. Children need their parents.孩子们需要父母。 3. This is where a lot of parents go wrong.这正是很多父母犯错的地方。 4. There are vast numbers of would-be adoptive parents.想要成为养父母的人为数众多。 5. the parents of an organism一个有机体的亲本 6. the parents of the giraffe这只长颈鹿的亲本 7. The parent and daughter may be chemically similar in this respect.在这方面, 该母体和子体的化学性质可能相似。 8. Playgroups tend to encourage a high level of parent participation.幼儿游戏组往往鼓励家长的高度参与。 9. a parent organism亲代生物 10. parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.亲鸟开始为幼鸟觅食。 11. a parent organization母体组织 12. the parent nucleus/cell母核/细胞 13. We should parent children with both love and discipline.我们应该用爱和管教来当好孩子的父母。 14. the parents of the bride.新娘的双亲。 15. his adoptive parents.他的养父母。 16. policy considerations were determined largely by the parent company.政策上的考虑大部分由总部决定。 17. a parent company母公司 18. My parents live in New York.我的父母住在纽约。 19. They recently became parents. = They're new parents.他们最近才为人父母。 20. 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。 21. "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。 22. my adoptive parents [=the people who adopted me]我的养父母 23. 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。 24. 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。 25. The parent brings food to the chicks.母鸡啄食给小鸡。 26. the parent bird亲代鸟 27. The new plant will have characteristics of both parent plants.新植株将兼有雌雄两亲本的特征。 28. "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。 29. the hospital's corporate parent = the corporate parent of the hospital这家医院的母公司 30. a parent bank/company/corporation/firm总行；总公司/公司/公司 31. parental responsibility/consent父母的责任/认可