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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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1, Life stagesa1Boland, 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lone
- single
- married
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- resemble
- take after
- follow
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- figure
- a father of two, etc.
- father to somebody
- follow in your father’s footsteps
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- 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
- 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 - Father
used by Christians to refer to God 天父；上帝 - 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
Word OriginOld 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
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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
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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
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we believe a thing because we want it to be true 希望什么就相信什么