单词 | father |
释义 | Word Frequency father(ˈfɑːðə) noun 1. a male parent 2. a person who founds a line or family; forefather 3. any male acting in a paternal capacity ▶ Related adjective: paternal4. (often capital) a respectful term of address for an old man 5. a male who originates something the father of modern psychology 6. a leader of an association, council, etc; elder a city father 7. British the eldest or most senior member in a society, profession, etc father of the bar 8. (often plural) a senator or patrician in ancient Rome 9. the father of verb (transitive) 10. to procreate or generate (offspring); beget 11. to create, found, originate, etc 12. to act as a father to 13. to acknowledge oneself as father or originator of 14. (foll by on or upon) to impose or place without a just reason Derived forms fathering (ˈfathering) noun Word origin Old English fæder; related to Old Norse fathir, Old Frisian feder, Old High German fater, Latin pater, Greek patēr, Sanskrit pitrWord Frequency Father(ˈfɑːðə) noun 1. God, esp when considered as the first person of the Christian Trinity 2. Also called: Church Father any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period 3. a title used for Christian priests |
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