1. | 父亲;爸爸a male parent of a child or an animal; a person who is acting as the father to a child |
Ben's a wonderful father. 本是个极好的父亲。 | |
You've been like a father to me. 你对我一直像父亲一样。 | |
Our new boss is a father of three(= he has three children) . 我们的新老板是三个孩子的父亲。 | |
He was a wonderful father to both his natural and adopted children. 他对亲生的和领养的子女都很好。 | |
Father, I cannot lie to you. 爸爸,我不能对你说谎。 |
2. | [pl] 祖先a person's ancestors (= people who are related to you who lived in the past) |
the land of our fathers 我们祖先的土地 |
3. | ~ (of sth) 创始人;奠基者;先驱;鼻祖the first man to introduce a new way of thinking about sth or of doing sth |
Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture. 亨利 ) 穆尔被认为是现代英国雕塑之父。 |
4. | 天父;上帝used by Christians to refer to God |
Father, forgive us. 天父,宽恕我们吧。 | |
God the Father 天父 |
5. | (尤指天主教和东正教的)神父the title of a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church |
Father Dominic 多米尼克神父 |