father

英 ['fɑːðə(r)] 美 ['fɑːðər]

• n. 父亲；神父；祖先；创始人
• v. 创造；当 ... 的父亲

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]父亲

   male parent

2. [P]祖先,先辈

   ancestor

3. [C]创始人,奠基人

   found or first leader

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 父亲，爸爸
2. 祖先，前辈
3. 上帝，天父，圣父
4. 创始人，鼻祖
5. 神父
6. 设计者，发明者
7. 继父
8. 长辈，长者
9. 义父
10. 族长
11. 教父
12. 师傅
13. 修道院长

v. 动词

1. 创立，创始，创办，创造，创作
2. 生（孩子）
3. 产生
4. 自认是...的父亲，像父亲一样对待，做...的父亲，当...的父亲，成为父亲
5. 自认是...的作者
6. 治理
7. 确定作者
8. 确定生父
9. 确定责任
10. 创立（新思想），发明（新方法）
11. 保护，培养，照顾，对待，抚养，养育，教养出
12. 为…负起责任，担任

英英释义

Noun:

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. `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

4. (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

5. 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"
   

6. God when considered as the first person in the Trinity;

   "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
   

7. a person who founds or establishes some institution;

   "George Washington is the father of his country"
   

8. the head of an organized crime family

Verb:

1. make children;

   "Abraham begot Isaac"
   "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. My father and mother went for a walk.
   爸爸妈妈去散步了。
2. He modeled himself on his father.
   他把他的父亲作为自己的楷模。
3. Father Donovan dropped his eyes.
   多诺万神父垂下了眼神。
4. Father Dan entered with a big grin.
   神父丹带着灿烂的笑容进来。
5. Our father handed down these customs to us.
   我们的祖先将这些风俗习惯传给了我们。
6. The king is the father of his country.
   国王为该国之父。

用作动词 (v.)

1. He has fathered an idea.
   他已经提出了一个想法。
2. He has fathered three children.
   他已经三个孩子的父亲。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. My father carries on a trade in silk.
   我父亲经营丝绸生意。
2. Her father will never approve her marrying such a poor man.
   她父亲决不会赞成她嫁给这样穷的一个人。
3. He appealed to his father.
   他向他父亲提出请求。
4. My uncle has been like a father to me since my own father died.
   自从我的父亲死后,我叔叔一直像父亲一样待我。
5. Like father, like son.
   有其父必有其子。
6. The father and the son-in-law have been getting along very well.
   岳父和女婿一直相处很好。
7. This is the land of our father.
   这是我们祖先的土地。
8. Father Brown is our local priest.
   布朗神父是我们这一带的教士。
9. God is called our Father.
   我们称上帝为圣父。
10. Do you know who is the father of the radio?
    你知道谁发明了收音机?
11. Graham Bell was the father of the telephone.
    格雷汉姆·贝尔是电话的发明人。
12. Chaucer was the father of English poetry.
    乔叟是英国的诗歌之父。
13. George Washington is called the father of his country.
    乔治·华盛顿被誉为国父。
14. He was the father of printing.
    他是印刷术的鼻祖。
15. The wish is father to the thought.
    愿望为思想之父。
16. The child is father to the man.
    童年时代可决定一人之未来。

经典引文

• Robert was desperate to be a father, desperate to have sons.

  出自： I. McEwan

• Fox river, Rock river, Mississippi, the old Father of them all.

  出自： fig.

• Arrogance that was fathered on pride by boredom.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• adore one's father 崇敬自己的父亲
• fear one's father 害怕自己的父亲
• hate one's father 恨自己的父亲
• have a father 有父亲
• like one's father 喜欢自己的父亲
• look after one's father 照料自己的父亲
• lose one's father 丧父,失去父亲
• love one's father 爱自己的父亲
• obey one's father 遵从父命
• resembles one's father 长得像父亲
• respect one's father 尊敬父亲
• take after one's father 面貌像父亲
• take care of one's father 照顾自己的父亲

形容词+～

• adoptive father 养父
• dear father 亲爱的父亲
• expectant father 准爸爸
• founding father 创建人
• ghostly father 听忏悔的神父
• heartless father 无情的父亲
• heavy father 严父
• Holy F- 教皇
• kind father 慈祥的父亲
• loving father 可爱的父亲
• miserly father 悭吝的父亲
• natural father 生父
• proud father 得意的父亲
• spiritual father 牧师
• strict father 严厉的父亲
• thoughtful father 体贴的父亲
• young father 年轻的父亲

名词+～

• city father 市府委员

～+名词

• the F- Christmas 圣诞老人

介词+～

• adopt sb as one's father 认某人为养父
• be handed down from father to son 由父（亲）传（给儿）子
• like a father to sb 像父亲一般对待某人

～+介词

• father of one's country 国父
• father of radio 无线电发明者

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. father用作名词时意思是“生身之父”,也可用于指“丈夫之父”,即“公公”,或“妻子之父”,即“岳父”。是可数名词,用作对家人的称谓时,可视为专有名词,一般不用冠词。也可用于比喻,一般无冠词。
2. father用于比喻可指“奠基人”“发明者”“根源”等。
3. father第一个字母大写时,还可指“上帝”“神父”。
4. father还可作“祖先”“前辈”,此时要用复数形式。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 父亲同他的儿子作了一次坦率的交谈。

   误 The parents had a man-to-man talk with his son.

   正 The father had a man-to-man talk with his son.

   析 parents表示“父母亲”, father只表示父亲。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的fader，意为父亲。

近反义词

【近义词】

• daddy <口>爸爸
• sire 雄性种兽
• priest 教士
• ancestor 祖宗
• beget 产生
• engender 产生
• get 得到
• dad 爸爸
• originator 创始人
• initiator 创始者
• breed 繁殖
• vicar (教区或教堂)牧师...
• cause 引起
• originate 发起
• produce 生产
• procreate 生育
• protect 保护
• comfort 舒适
• advise 劝告
• look after 照料
• nurture 养育
• parent 父母
• beginner 初学者
• inventor 发明家
• monk 僧侣
• author 作家
• relative 相对的
• about 关于
• male parent 父亲
• bring 带来
• bring about 带来
• male 男性的
• forefather 祖先
• begetter 生产者
• Father of the Church 教会之父
• bring forth 产生
• generate 产生
• founder 创立者
• don 先生（西班牙用语）...
• padre 神父
• mother 母亲
• founding father 开国者

【反义词】

• mother 母亲