father

简明英汉词典

father

[5fB:TE]

n.

父亲, 岳父, 公(丈夫的父亲), 祖先, 前辈, 长辈, 神父, 创始者

vt.

当...的父亲, 保护, 创立, 治理, 发明, 培养

美国传统词典[双解]

father

fa.ther

AHD:[f?“Y…r]

D.J.[6f$8H*]

K.K.[6f$H+]

n.（名词）

(1)A man who begets or raises or nurtures a child.

父亲：生育、抚养或教养孩子的人

(2)A male parent of an animal.

父：动物的雄性生养者

(3)A male ancestor.

男性祖先

(4)A man who creates, originates, or founds something:

创立者：创始、发明或建立某事物的人：

Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry.

乔叟被看作是英国诗歌之父

(5)An early form; a prototype.

原形：早期的形式；原形

(6)Father

Father

(7)God.

神，上帝

(8)The first person of the Christian Trinity.

基督：基督教第一人

(9)An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.

前辈，长者：一个年长并受尊敬的人。用作敬称

(10)A member of the senate in ancient Rome.

元老：古罗马议会的一员

(11)One of the leading men, as of a city:

市长：城市的领导者：

the town fathers.

镇长

(12)Or Father A church father.

或 Father 教父

(13)Abbr. Fr.

缩写 Fr.

(14)A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.

神父：罗马天主教或盎格鲁教的牧师或神父

(15)Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.

神职人员：用作带或不带牧师姓名时的一种头衔和称呼

v.（动词）

fa.thered， fa.ther.ing， fa.thers

v.tr.（及物动词）

(1)To procreate (offspring) as the male parent.

作为父亲生养（后代）

(2)Usage Problem To act or serve as a father to (a child).

【用法疑难】 作为父亲对待（孩子）

(3)To create, found, or originate.

创造，成立，发明

(4)To acknowledge responsibility for.

确定责任：对…承认责任

(5)To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.

认为是…的父亲、创造或起源

(6)To assign falsely or unjustly; foist.

错误地或不公平地继承；冒称

v.intr.Usage Problem （不及物动词）【用法疑难】

To act or serve as a father.

保护：像父亲一样对待

语源

(1)Middle English fader

中古英语 fader

(2)from Old English f?der * see p…ter-

源自 古英语 f?der *参见 p…ter-

用法

The verb father has come to be used widely to mean specifically to “perform the child-rearing functions of a father,” particularly in the gerund fathering, as in Fathering a step-child takes considerable tact and understanding. This usage reflects the same social changes that have led to the analogous use of the verb parent and has met with the same kinds of critical resistance. In the most recent survey the example cited was rejected by 64 percent of the Usage Panel. A problem particular to this use of father is that it may occasion opportunities for humorous misconstruction, since it is in direct competition with the older sense of “beget.” · It is notable that the analogous use of mother as a verb meaning specifically “to perform the child-rearing functions of a mother” is encountered only rarely. It is likely that the discrepancy in the frequency of these new uses of mother and father reflects the fact that recent writers on family life have tended to place more emphasis on a reconceptualization of the traditional paternal role in child-rearing.See Usage Note at parent

动词father 被广泛应用， 尤指“履行一个父亲养育孩子的职责”， 特别是动名词fathering， 如在抚育养子得花费巨大的心智和理解 。 这种用法反应了引起动词parent 相似用法的同样社会变化， 并遭到了同样的批评反对。在最近的调查中，引用的例子被用法专题使用小组64%的成员反对。特别对于father 这种用法的一个问题是， 它可能会引起幽默的误解，因为它直接与旧观念的“生育”冲突。值得注意的是，mother 作为动词的相似用法意思特指“履行一个母亲生养孩子的职责”， 这种用法很少见。看起来mother 和 father 这些新用法出现频率的不一致反映了一个事实， 那就是近期家庭生活题材的作者们倾向于将更多的重点放在重新定义父母在抚养孩子上所充任的传统角色参见 parent

现代英汉词典

father

[5fB:TE(r)]

n.

(1)父亲

Is your father a glazier?

你父亲是个安装窗玻璃的工人吗?

(2)（罗马天主教对教士的尊 称）神父

(3)上帝；圣父

现代英汉综合大辞典

father

[5fB:TE]

n.

(1)父亲

(2)(城市等的)长老, 长者

(3)祖先

(4)创始者; 发明者

(5)[Father ](罗马天主教的)神父

(6)扶养者

(7)元老, 德高望重者

(8)鼻祖; 原始形态

(9)起源

the father of science

科学之父

the father of all modern automobiles

一切现代汽车的鼻祖

词性变化

father

vt.

(1)当...的父亲, 护理

(2)创立, 发明

(3)确定(作品的)作者; 确定(罪行的)责任

(4)把...强加于(on, upon)

The book is falsely fathered on Homer.

这本书被误认为是荷马的著作。

继承用法

fatherhood

n.

父亲的身分

fatherless

[`fB:TElIs]

adj.

fatherlike

[`fB:TElBIk]

adj.

fathership

[`fB:TEFIp]

n.

(1)父亲的身分, 父性

(2)最老成员的身分

习惯用语

A miserly father makes a prodigal son.

[谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。

be gathered to one's father

随先人于地下; 死

Great (White)Father

(1)[谑]美国总统

(2)政府要人

Holy father

(天主教徒对)教皇的尊称; (基督教)圣父(指上帝)

Is your father a glazier ?

[谑, 粗]你的父亲是镶玻璃的吗?(你怎么挡住别人的光线呢?)

lie with one's fathers

葬于故乡

like a father

严父般地; 权威地, 严厉地

Like father, like son.

[谚]有其父必有其子。

Many a good father hath but a bad son .

[谚]贤父难免生劣子。

sleep with one's father

死

To an avaricious father, a prodigal son.

有吝啬的父亲必有败家的儿子。

father upon

(1)确定(孩子的)生父

(2)确定(作品等的)作者

(3)确定(某事的)责任人

用法词典

father

中古英语fader