+ Search by Radical
Search for
Listen
Print Font Size
Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- father [ 'fɑðɚ] [ 'fɑːðə]
-
-
1.
noun
父亲
- My father is very busy at work.
- 我父亲工作很忙。
-
2.
noun
继父
-
3.
noun
岳父；公公（丈夫的父亲）
-
4.
noun
（动植物的）雄亲本
-
5.
noun
保护者；抚养者；养育者
-
6.
noun
[Father]上帝圣父（基督教基本信条三位一体中的第一位）
-
7.
noun
祖先，祖宗；长辈[通常用于复数形态]
-
8.
noun
创始人，发明者，缔造者；鼻祖
-
9.
noun
德高望重者；长者
-
10.
noun
（古罗马）元老院成员
-
11.
noun
（城市、议会等的）长老[通常用于复数形态]
-
12.
noun
（阐明教义的）早期基督教著作家
-
13.
noun
（基督教）神父[尤用作尊称]
-
14.
vt.
当…的父亲；（指父方而言）生（子女）
- He fathered two children .
- 他是两个孩子的父亲。
-
15.
vt.
（如父亲般）照顾；保护；对待；抚养；养育
-
16.
vt.
创立（学说等）；（用基金）创办，创始；发明
-
17.
vt.
为…负起责任，担任
- 18. vt. 把责任推给；把…归咎于；把…强加于，把…塞给
-
1.
noun
父亲
Collins English-English Dictionary
- father ['fɑːðə]
-
-
1.
n
a male parent
-
2.
n
a person who founds a line or family; forefather
-
3.
n
any male acting in a paternal capacity
-
4.
n
[often capital]
a respectful term of address for an old man
-
5.
n
a male who originates something
- the father of modern psychology
-
6.
n
a leader of an association, council, etc; elder
- a city father
-
7.
n
[Brit]
the eldest or most senior member in a society, profession, etc
- father of the bar
-
8.
n
[often plural]
a senator or patrician in ancient Rome
-
9.
vt.
[tr]
to procreate or generate (offspring); beget
-
10.
vt.
to create, found, originate, etc
-
11.
vt.
to act as a father to
-
12.
vt.
to acknowledge oneself as father or originator of
-
13.
vt.
[
foll by onor upon] to impose or place without a just reason -
14.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English fæder; related to Old Norse fathir, Old Frisian feder, Old High German fater, Latin pater, Greek pat
e r, Sanskrit pitr
-
1.
n
a male parent
Examples
- Is he anything like his father?
- 他有点像他父亲吗? → anything
- The house came to him on the death of his father.
- 他父亲死后这所房子由他继承。 → come
- in memory of his father
- 纪念他的父亲 → memory
- to model one's behavior on that of one's father
- 仿效父亲的举止 → model
- give my regards to your father
- 请代我问候你的父亲 → regard
- a man such as his father
- 象他父亲那样的人 → such
- young Jones or his father
- 小琼斯或其父亲 → young
- Father, son, and grandson are three generations.
- 父、子、孙为三代。 → generation
- I will take the matter to my father.
- 我会向爸爸讨教这件事的。
- He's always been difficult, he takes after his father.
- 他像他爸爸，不怎么好相处。
Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.
Idioms + Phrasal Verbs
Revised Vocab Lists
This word has been edited
2 time(s) by users.
Theme Words
Recently Reviewed Words
Content partners 
