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a person’s father or mother 父亲；母亲 He's still living with his parents. 他还和父母住在一起。 Sue and Ben have recently become parents. 休和本最近当了爸爸妈妈了。 It can be difficult to be a good parent. 做一个好父母可能很难。 her adoptive parents (= who have legally adopted her as their child) 她的养父母 It's not easy being a foster parent (= who looks after a child for a period of time without legally adopting him/her) to these children. 做这些孩子的养父母并不容易。 his biological/birth parents (= natural parents, not ones who adopt or foster) 他的亲生父母 Emma is a lone parent with two children. 艾玛是有两个孩子的单亲家长。 More childcare options and more paid leave will improve the lives of working parents. 更多的儿童保育选择和更多的带薪休假将改善工作父母的生活。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesa1The study showed that children with involved parents do better at school. 研究表明，和家长有更多时间互动的孩子在学校表现得较好。 They have just become the proud parents of a baby girl. 他们刚有了一个小女孩，感到很自豪。 They may not be my biological parents but I consider them my real mum and dad. 他们可能不是我的亲生父母，但我认为他们是我真正的父母。 Concerned parents want more information about the safety of these products. 忧心忡忡的父母想要更多关于这些产品安全性的信息。 More and more women are caring for both young children and elderly parents. 越来越多的妇女既照顾年幼的孩子，也照顾年迈的父母。 He was born in Montana to Greek immigrant parents. 他出生在蒙大拿州，父母是希腊移民。 They are all the children of divorced parents. 都是离异父母的孩子。 My parents' generation didn't worry about sitting their kids in front of the TV. 我父母那一代人不担心让他们的孩子坐在电视机前。 She spends every Christmas at her parents' house. 她每年圣诞节都在父母家度过。 It's important for parents and teachers to work together. 父母和老师一起工作很重要。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- married
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(often used as an adjective 常用作形容词 an animal or a plant which produces other animals or plants （动、植物的）亲本，亲代，父本，母本 the parent bird/tree 亲代鸟；亲代树
(often used as an adjective 常用作形容词 an organization that produces and owns or controls smaller organizations of the same type 创始机构；母公司；总部 a parent bank and its subsidiaries 总行及其附属银行 The subsidiary eventually outgrew its parent company and took it over. 子公司的发展最终超越了母公司，将母公司收购了。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin parent- ‘bringing forth’, from the verb parere. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.