father
noun /ˈfɑːðə(r)/
/ˈfɑːðər/
Idioms - a male parent of a child or an animal; a person who is acting as the father to a child
父亲；爸爸 - My father died in 2017.
我父亲于2017年去世。 - Ben's a wonderful father.
本是个极好的父亲。 - 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。 - father to somebody You've been like a father to me.
你对我一直像父亲一样。 - 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。 - I never met my biological father.
我从未见过我的生父。 - (old-fashioned) Father, I cannot lie to you.
爸爸，我不能对你说谎。
Topics Family and relationshipsa1, Life stagesa1- Boland, a father of two, was arrested on charges of theft.
两个孩子的父亲博兰因为偷窃被抓起来了。 - Elena's brother was a surrogate father to her kids after her husband died.
自从埃琳娜的丈夫死后，她的哥哥就担当了孩子们的父亲。 - He followed in his father's footsteps and became a motor mechanic.
他追随父亲成了汽车修理工。 - He followed the footsteps of his famous father into the film industry.
他追随大名鼎鼎的父亲，从事电影事业。 - He had a domineering mother and a cold, distant father.
他有一位专横跋扈的母亲和一位冷漠无情的父亲。 - He has an ailing father and two younger brothers to support.
他要养活生病的父亲和两个弟弟。 - He has just become the proud father of a baby girl.
女儿的降生使他觉得非常自豪。 - He is very good with children and would make a devoted father.
他对孩子很好，会是一位尽责的父亲。 - He paced like an expectant father.
他像一个即将做父亲的人那样（紧张地）踱着步。 - He succeeded his father as Professor of Botany.
他和父亲一样，成为了植物学教授。 - He was both a bad husband and a bad father.
他既是一位坏丈夫，又是一位坏父亲。 - I always thought of you as a second father.
我总是想起你，觉得你就像我的父亲。 - I buried my father, and mourned his death.
我埋葬了父亲，为父亲的离世哀伤不已。 - I lost my father when I was nine.
我 9 岁时父亲去世了。 - Jesse is now married and father to a young son.
杰西现已结婚，而且已有了一个年幼的儿子。 - Meet your new father.
见见你的新父亲。 - Ryan has gone looking for his long-lost father.
瑞安去寻找失散多年的父亲了。 - She followed her father into the legal profession.
她跟父亲一样从事法律工作。 - She inherited the urge to travel from her father.
她热爱旅行是从父亲那里遗传来的。 - She kept the books that had belonged to her beloved father.
她一直保留着她所深爱的父亲的书。 - Some of his students regard him as a father figure.
他的一些学生把他看成父亲。 - The land passes on from father to son.
这块地由父亲传给了儿子。 - The new father took his son into his arms.
这位新爸爸将儿子抱在怀中。 - The two boys were like their mother in character, but Louise took after her father.
两个男孩子性格像母亲，但路易丝像父亲。 - Their musician father encouraged their love of music.
他们做音乐家的父亲鼓励他们热爱音乐。 - Try your best to honor your father.
尽量尊重你的父亲。 - a married father of two
有两个孩子的已婚父亲 - the grieving father of two children lost at sea
因两个孩子在海上遇难而悲痛的父亲
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lone
- single
- married
- …
- resemble
- take after
- follow
- …
- figure
- a father of two, etc.
- father to somebody
- follow in your father’s footsteps
- …
- My father died in 2017.
- fathers[plural] (literary) a person’s ancestors (= people who are related to you who lived in the past)
祖先 - the land of our fathers
我们祖先的土地
- the land of our fathers
- father (of something) the first man to introduce a new way of thinking about something or of doing something
创始人；奠基者；先驱；鼻祖 - 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。
- Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture.
- Fatherused by Christians to refer to God
天父；上帝 - Father, forgive us.
天父，宽恕我们吧。 - God the Father
天父
- Father, forgive us.
- Father(abbreviation Fr)the title of a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
（尤指天主教和东正教的）神父 - Father Dominic
多米尼克神父
- Father Dominic
词源Old English fæder, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vader and German Vater, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pater and Greek patēr.
Idioms
from father to son
- from one generation of a family to the next
从父到子；世代相传
like father, like son
- (saying) used to say that a son’s character or behaviour is similar to that of his father
有其父必有其子
old enough to be somebody’s father/mother
- (disapproving) very much older than somebody (especially used to suggest that a romantic or sexual relationship between the two people is not appropriate)
论年龄足以当某人的爹／娘（尤指双方在爱情或性关系方面不相配）
the wish is father to the thought
- (saying) we believe a thing because we want it to be true
希望什么就相信什么