| 释义 |
Noun: father faadhu(r)- A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
"his father was born in Atlanta"
- male parent, begetter - The founder of a family
- forefather, sire - A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
"the tennis fathers ruled in her favour"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal" - A person who founds or establishes some institution
"George Washington is the father of his country"
- founder, beginner, founding father - The head of an organized crime family
- don
Verb: father faadhu(r)- Make children
"Men often father children but don't recognize them"
- beget [archaic], get, engender [archaic], mother, sire, generate, bring forth
Noun: Father- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
"hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
- Father-God, Fatherhood - (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
- Church Father, Father of the Church - '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
- Padre
Derived forms: fathers, fathered, Fathers, fathering See also: fatherly, paternal Type of: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, chief, conceiver, create, form of address, head, hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ, leader, make, mastermind, originator, parent, priest, root, theologian, theologiser [Brit], theologist, theologizer, title, title of respect, top dog Antonym: mother Encyclopedia: Father Father, Dear Father in Australia Father, Dear Father |