father

noun

1. 父亲；爸爸
   a male parent of a child or an animal; a person who is acting as the father to a child
   1. Ben's a wonderful father.
      本是个极好的父亲。
   2. You've been like a father to me.
      你对我一直像父亲一样。
   3. 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。
   4. 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。
   5. Father, I cannot lie to you.
      爸爸，我不能对你说谎。
2. 祖先
   a person's ancestors (= people who are related to you who lived in the past)
   1. the land of our fathers
      我们祖先的土地
3. 创始人；奠基者；先驱；鼻祖
   the first man to introduce a new way of thinking about sth or of doing sth
   1. Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture.
      亨利∙穆尔被认为是现代英国雕塑之父。
4. 天父；上帝
   used by Christians to refer to God
   1. Father, forgive us.
      天父，宽恕我们吧。
   2. God the Father
      天父
5. （尤指天主教和东正教的）神父
   the title of a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
   1. Father Dominic
      多米尼克神父

verb

1. 成为…的父亲；做…的父亲
   to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant
   1. He claims to have fathered over 20 children.
      他声称有20多个亲生子女。
2. 创立（新思想）；创造，发明（新方法）
   to create new ideas or a new way of doing sth

1. N-FAMILY 父亲;爸爸
   Your father is your male parent. You can also call someone your father if he brings you up as if he was this man.
   1. His father was a painter...
      他父亲是个画家。
   2. He would be a good father to my children.
      对我的孩子们来说，他会是个好父亲。
   3. ...Mr Stoneman, a father of five.
      5 个孩子的父亲斯通曼先生
2. VERB 成为…的父亲;是…的父亲
   When a man fathers a child, he makes a woman pregnant and their child is born.
   1. She claims Mark fathered her child...
      她宣称马克是孩子的父亲。
   2. He fathered at least three children by the wives of other men.
      他跟别人的老婆至少生了 3 个孩子。
3. N-COUNT 发明者;鼻祖;创始人;奠基人
   The man who invented or started something is sometimes referred to as the father of that thing.
   1. ...Max Dupain, regarded as the father of modern photography.
      被视为现代摄影之父的马克斯·杜培
   2. ...Mahatma Gandhi, the founding father of independent India.
      圣雄甘地，引领印度实现独立的国父
4. N-VOC; N-TITLE; N-COUNT 神父
   In some Christian churches, priests are addressed or referred to as Father .
   1. I would like your advice on a matter of conscience, Father.
      我想就一件有关良心的事征求您的建议，神父。
   2. ...Father William.
      威廉神父
5. N-PROPER (基督教)天父，上帝
   Christians often refer to God as our Father or address him as Father .
   1. ...Our Father in Heaven.
      我们的天父

1. Through his father, he had met all the right people.
   他通过父亲认识了很多正派的人。
2. His grandmother and his father brought him up
   是他的祖母和父亲把他养大的。
3. His eldest son Joseph carried on his father's traditions
   他的长子约瑟夫继承了乃父的传统。
4. He was their adviser, confidant and father confessor.
   他是他们的顾问、密友和倾听者。
5. I denied my father because I wanted to become someone else.
   我和父亲断绝了关系，因为我想成为一个不一样的自己。
6. His father was a painter
   他父亲是个画家。
7. He would be a good father to my children.
   对我的孩子们来说，他会是个好父亲。
8. She claims Mark fathered her child
   她宣称马克是孩子的父亲。
9. He fathered at least three children by the wives of other men.
   他跟别人的老婆至少生了3个孩子。
10. I would like your advice on a matter of conscience, Father.
    我想就一件有关良心的事征求您的建议，神父。
11. My father did leave his university to fight the Germans
    我父亲确实离开了大学去和德国人打仗了。
12. I admired my father, and his work filled me with awe and curiosity
    我很钦佩父亲，并对他的工作充满了敬畏和好奇。
13. She falls in love and incurs the wrath of her father.
    她恋爱了，这引起了父亲的愤怒。
14. It's my father they're accusing.
    他们指控的是我父亲。
15. Jim was a most loving husband and father
    吉姆是个非常体贴的丈夫和慈爱的父亲。
16. Lili and my father met me off the boat
    莉莉和我父亲在码头迎接我。
17. He had happy memories of his father.
    他对父亲有着愉快的记忆。
18. She and Simon's father had not given up hope that he might be alive
    她和西蒙的父亲还没有放弃他或许还活着的希望。
19. I've met your father and he's rather nice
    我已经见过你爸爸了，他非常和蔼可亲。
20. My brother quarrelled with my father.
    我哥哥和父亲吵了一架。
21. The first and most important thing was to repair my relationship with my father.
    最首要和最重要的是挽救我和父亲的关系。
22. Her father and her brothers would die of shame
    她父亲和她的兄弟们会羞愧死。
23. Gil sensed something wrong from her father's strained voice
    吉尔从父亲紧张的声音中感觉到出了什么事了。
24. I thought of my father's unhappy boyhood.
    我想到了父亲不幸的童年。
25. Would that he could have listened to his father.
    他要是听了他父亲的话就好了。
26. He did not go to the bar against his father's will.
    他违背了他父亲的意愿，没有当律师。
27. I chanced to see your father in the street.
    我恰巧在街上看到了你的父亲。
28. He had a millionaire father.
    他有个百万富翁的父亲。
29. To my father I dedicate this volume in token of affection and gratitude.
    我谨以此书献给我的父亲，以表示对他的爱戴和感激之情。

  dad daddy father【导航词义：父亲】

  dad n. 〈口〉爸爸，爹爹

〔辨析〕常用作称呼，显得较亲切，无拘无束。

  daddy n. 爸爸，爹爹

〔辨析〕尤用作儿语。

  father n. 父亲

〔辨析〕较正式用词。

n.

from father to son

• 从父到子；世代相传
  from one generation of a family to the next

like father, like son

• 有其父必有其子
  used to say that a son's character or behaviour is similar to that of his father

old enough to be sb's father/mother

• 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）
  very much older than sb (especially used to suggest that a romantic or sexual relationship between the two people is not appropriate)

the wish is father to the thought

• 希望什么就相信什么
  we believe a thing because we want it to be true

noun

1. the head of an organized crime family

   Synonym:    don

2. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
   1. his father was born in Atlanta

   Synonym:    male parentbegetter

3. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
   1. the tennis fathers ruled in her favor
   2. the city fathers endorsed the proposal

4. the founder of a family
   1. keep the faith of our forefathers

   Synonym:    forefathersire

5. a person who founds or establishes some institution
   1. George Washington is the father of his country

   Synonym:    founderbeginnerfounding father

verb

1. make children
   1. Abraham begot Isaac
   2. Men often father children but don't recognize them

   Synonym:    begetgetengendermothersiregeneratebring forth