father
- IPA[ˈfɑːðə(r)]
美式
英式
- 父親;祖先
- 是…的父親;發明; 創立
過去式:fathered 過去分詞:fathered 現在分詞:fathering
名詞複數:fathers
- 釋義
- 同反義
名詞
- 1. 父親 like father like son 有其父必有其子 we had the father and mother of a row 我們吵得不可開交
- 2. 祖先
- 3. 創始人 the father of the motor car 汽車的發明者 the father of English theatre 英國戲劇之父
及物動詞
- 1. 是…的父親
- 2. 發明; 創立
同義詞
1. a man in relation to his child or children
- male parent
- , begetter
- , patriarch
- , paterfamilias
- , birth/biological father
- , adoptive father
- , foster father
- , stepfather
- , dad
- , daddy
- , pop
- , poppa
- , pa
- , old boy
- , old man
- , pater
2. ancestors
- ancestor
- , forefather
- , forebear
- , progenitor
- , predecessor
- , antecedent
- , forerunner
- , precursor
- , primogenitor
3. an important male figure in the origin and early history of something
- originator
- , initiator
- , founder
- , founding father
- , inventor
- , creator
- , maker
- , author
- , prime mover
- , instigator
- , architect
- , engineer
- , designer
- , deviser
- , planner
- , contriver
- , mastermind
- , begetter
4. the oldest member or doyen of a society or other body
5. (in Christian belief) the first person of the Trinity; God
6. (often as a title or form of address) a priest
- priest
- , pastor
- , parson
- , clergyman
- , father confessor
- , churchman
- , man of the cloth
- , man of God
- , cleric
- , minister
- , preacher
- , abbé
- , curé
- , reverend
- , padre
反義詞
「1. a man in relation to his child or children」的反義字
「2. ancestors」的反義字
知識+
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How is your father doing?回答的方式
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問問father-in-law
father-in-law是指配偶ㄉ父親 in-law是強調非血親ㄉ親戚 此單字ㄉ所有格為:father-in-law's 複數的所有格:father-in-laws'