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单词 father-in-law
释义
father-in-law
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɑː.ðər.ɪn.lɔː/us
/ˈfɑː.ðɚ.ɪn.lɑː/
plural^fathers-in-law
B2
thefatherofyourhusbandorwife
岳父；公公
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
your relatives
  • relativeAll my relatives gather every year for a family reunion.
  • extended familyHe has a very large extended family.
  • relationShe is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how.
  • kinHe remained true to his kin.
  • mother's/father's side (of the family)I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: non-blood relations
  • auntie
  • blended family
  • brother-in-law
  • co-brother
  • co-sister
  • godfather
  • godmother
  • godparent
  • godson
  • in-law
  • sister-in-law
  • son-in-law
  • step
  • stepbrother
  • stepchild
  • stepmother
  • stepmum
  • stepparent
  • stepsister
  • stepson
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(Definition offather-in-lawfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • 'Nothing could be better,' said the father-in-law, rubbing his hands.
  • His irritation was not likely to be soothed when he realised the extent to which he had been duped by his father-in-law.
  • On hearing that we intended to remain for the night where we were, he persuaded us to accompany him to the estate of his father-in-law, which was situated close at hand.
  • Then he woke his father-in-law gently, and went off.
  • Young men don't seem to care, as a general rule, for an idiot father-in-law!

father-in-law| American Dictionary

father-in-law
noun[C]
us
/ˈfɑð·ər·ɪnˌlɔ/
pluralfathers-in-lawus/ˈfɑð·ərz·ɪnˌlɔ/
thefatherof someone’shusbandorwife
(Definition offather-in-lawfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffather-in-law

father-in-law
Hisfather-in-law, his brother-in-law and another of his wife's relatives provided him with loans as well.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Myfather-in-lawwas very worried, and we had made arrangements for him to warn us of any impending perils by a code.
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Contemporary biographers also noted that herfather-in-lawwas unhappy with her public displays of knowledge.
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The following year, my wife andfather-in-lawwere invited for tea and biscuits.
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More young males were likely to marry and live in the household of afather-in-lawthan to live in their fathers' own households (75 : 36).
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He did not behave like a real father would, whereas myfather-in-lawis very different.
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He happily informed his father that he had given up medicine to work with hisfather-in-law, who was a stock-broker.
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Such is the case in the various registers of respect which entail avoiding the name of thefather-in-lawand any word resembling it.
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Two tickets get very expensive, sofather-in-lawonly must go.
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The son-in-law received the granary and storehouse ; hisfather-in-lawgot the three barns and a small sauna.
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The kinship nounsfather-in-law, niece, sisterin-law, stepfather, stepmother, and stepsister are actually very infrequent, as is the body-part term milk tooth.
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For my 73-year-oldfather-in-lawin 2004, all the papers had been prepared.
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More signicant was what the gift of cloaks symbolized: the restitution of respect and honor to thefather-in-lawlost by the son-in-law's immodest behavior and his deance of elders.
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He was also a potentialfather-in-law.
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Myfather-in-lawwas involved in drilling many of the oil wells before production commenced.
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