father
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɑː.ðər/us/ˈfɑː.ðɚ/fathernoun[C](PARENT)
A1
amaleparent:
父亲，爸爸My father took me towatchthefootballeverySaturday.我父亲每周六带我去看足球赛。
The children's father came topickthem up fromschool.孩子们的父亲到学校来接他们。
[as form of address]formalorold-fashionedPlease may I go, Father?我可以走了吗，爸爸？
your parents
- parentMy parents died when I was young.
- biological parentSome children are raised by grandparents or other family members, instead of their biological parents.
- adoptive parentWhen he was 7 months old, his mother gave him up to his adoptive parents.
- motherHave you met my mother?
- fatherMy father fully supports my life choices.
- mumUKMy mum and dad go there every year.
- My fathersendshisgreetings.
- Sheidolizedher father.
- Tellyourfather I wasaskingafter him.
- She'snearlyastallas her father now.
- Shespokeof hersadnessover her father'sdeath.
Family: relations in general
- anti-family
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- biologically
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- grand-nephew
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- loved one
- relative
- removed
- second cousin
- sib
- sibling
fathernoun[C](IN RELIGION)
(alsoFather,written abbreviationFr)
(thetitleof) aChristianpriest,especiallyaRomanCatholicorOrthodoxpriest:
（尤指天主教或东正教的）神父Father O'Reilly奥赖利神父
[as form of address]Are you giving asermon, Father?您要布道吗，神父？
(alsoFather)
anamefor theChristianGod:
天父，上帝Godthe Father上帝
Our Father, whoartinheaven...我们的天父…
Religious titles
- beadle
- brother
- eminence
- Fr.
- grace
- holiness
- Monsignor
- mother
- Msgr
- pandit
- pope
- rev
- Reverend
- right
- saint
- st
- swami
- venerable
- Vicar of Christ
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
God & gods
Idiom
the father ofsomething
father
verb[T]
uk/ˈfɑː.ðər/us/ˈfɑː.ðɚ/tobecomethe father of achildby making a womanpregnant:
成为…的父亲He's fathered threechildren.他是3个孩子的父亲。
Synonym
sire
Breeds & breeding
- beget
- breeder
- breeding
- breeding ground
- brood mare
- crossbred
- heritage breed
- inbred
- inbreeding
- interbreed
- interbreeding
- pedigreed
- puppy farm
- puppy mill
- purebred
- rare breed
- stud
- teaser
- thoroughbred
- well bred