father
n
1 male parent 父亲; 爸爸: That baby looks just like her father! 那婴儿真像她父亲.
You've been (like) a father to me. 您对我一直像父亲一样. =>App 8 见附录8.
2 (usu pl 通常作复数) ancestor 祖先
the land of our fathers 我们祖先的土地.
3 founder or first leader 创始人; 先驱; 鼻祖
city fathers 城市中德高望重的元老
the Pilgrim Fathers, ie English Puritans among the first European settlers in the USA 美国的开国先驱(最早自欧洲移居美洲的英国清教徒)
the Father of English poetry, ie Chaucer 英国诗歌之父(乔叟).
4 Father God 上帝; 圣父: Our (Heavenly) Father 我们的天父 * God the Father 上帝.
5 title of certain priests, esp those belonging to religious orders 神父.
6 (idm 习语) be gathered to one's fathers => gather. the child is father of the man => child. from ,father to `son from one generation of a family to the next 家族中从一代人至另一代人
The farm has been handed down from father to son since 1800. 该农场自1800年起一直代代相传. like ,father, like `son (saying 谚) a son's character, actions, etc resemble, or can be expected to resemble, his father's 有其父必有其子. old enough to be sb's mother/father => old. the wish is father to the thought => wish n.
father v [Tn]
1 be the male parent of (sb); beget 做(某人的)父亲; (作为父亲)生育(子女)
father a child (作为父亲)生个孩子.
2 (fig 比喻) create (sth); originate 发明(某物); 创始
father a plan, an idea, a project, etc 最先提出一项计画、 一种思想、 一项设计等.
3 (phr v) father sb/sth on sb say that sb is the father or originator of sb/sth 将某人说成是某人之父或某事物之创始人
It's not my scheme; try fathering it on somebody else. 这不是我的计策, 你去问问别人看是谁出的主意吧.
spreadvt.& vi. 伸开;展开;(使)传播;(使)散布;
n. 范围;连续的一段时间;
vt. 涂;把…覆盖在…上(over);把…敲平;散发(气、烟等);
vi. (景色、景致)展现;传开;(人群)散开;软化;
adj. 张开的;[语言学]双唇展开的;(宝石)扁薄发光的;(文章、照片等)跨两栏(或多栏)的;
mealn. 餐,饭;进餐(时间);〈英〉一次挤奶量;谷物粗粉(用作饲料或加工面粉);
vi. 进餐;
hirevt. 聘用;录用;雇用;租用;
vi. 受雇;得到工作;
n. 租金;酬金,工钱;[非正式用语] 被雇佣的人;销售部的两个新雇员;
naturaladj. 自然的;物质的;天生的;不做作的;
n. 自然的事情;(生来的)白痴;[乐](风琴等的)白键;
clothingn. 衣服;服装;[航]帆装;
v. 覆盖(clothe的现在分词);给…提供衣服;
washvt. 洗,清洗;浸湿;冲刷,冲击;洗去罪名;
vi. 耐洗;被洗掉(通常与 out 和 away 连用);(波涛等)拍打;
n. (尤指船过后划出的)水流;要洗的衣物的数量;薄涂层(尤指涂料);
vt. 弄湿;使受洗礼;(光)布满;(猫等)舔净(自身);
adj. 可洗的,耐洗的;(证券交易)虚假的;