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fa·ther1 /ˈfɑːðə $ -ər/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]  1  parent 家长SSFFATHER a male parent 父亲，爸爸 Ask your father to help you. 叫你父亲帮你。 Andrew was very excited about becoming a father. 安德鲁初为人父，非常激动。 He’s been like a father to me. 对我来说，他就像父亲一样。a father of two/three/four etc (=a man with two, three etc children) 两个/三个/四个等孩子的父亲 The driver, a father of four, escaped uninjured. 司机是位有4个孩子的父亲，他安然逃脱，没有受伤。 Steve recently became the proud father of a 7lb 12oz baby girl. 史蒂夫最近自豪地当上了爸爸，有了一个7磅12盎司的女儿。n2. → Father3  fathers [plural]FAMILY people related to you who lived a long time ago 祖先，先人，先辈 SYN ancestors Our fathers were exiles from their native land. 我们的祖先被迫流落他乡。 → forefathern4. → Father5  the father of something INVENTthe man who was responsible for starting something 某事物的创始人，某事物之父 Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. 弗洛伊德是精神分析之父。6  from father to son if property or skill passes from father to son, children receive it or learn it from their parents 〔财产或技艺〕父子相传 This is a district where old crafts are handed down from father to son. 在这一地区，古老的手艺父子相传。7. like father like son LIKE/SIMILARused to say that a boy behaves like his father, especially when this behaviour is bad 有其父必有其子8. a bit of how’s your father British English informalSEX/HAVE SEX WITH the act of having sex – used humorously 性交〔幽默用法〕 → city fathers, founding fathern THESAURUSfather a male parentMy father’s a doctor.He’s a father of three.dad informal used when talking to your father, or about someone’s fatherCan I borrow your car, Dad?Her dad retired ten years ago.My dad was in the army.daddy a name for father, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young childrenWhere’s your daddy?Daddy, can I have a drink, please?pop American English informal (also pa old-fashioned) used when talking to your father, or about someone’s fatherI helped Pop fix the gate this morning.Can I help, Pa?He is in New York with his Pop’s credit card, eating all the ice cream and pizza the city has to offer.papa old-fashioned informal used when talking to your father, or about someone’s fatherPapa had forbidden me to go.She saw her papa’s face change at this news. somebody’s old man informal someone’s father – used when talking about him in a way that is not very respectfulHis old man wouldn’t let him use the car.stepfather (also stepdad informal) a man who is married to your mother, who is not your father but often acts as your parentHer stepfather is really nice.

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father• Larry Blake, a father of three children, was shot dead outside his home last night.• Jerome pocketed the smokes from his father.• When his father died, Marshall ventured with two partners into yarn manufacture by the new process of spinning flax by machinery.• Pianto has been working with his father for 21 years.• His father emphasized strenuous effort to achieve goals and total obedience to those in authority, and he ranted about corrupt politicians.• My respects to you, and my father.• Now that my father is dead, I must be old Mr Scott, Adam wanted to tell him.• My father's a doctor.• In 1969 there were three generations of the Holmes family taking part, father, son and grandson.• He's now the proud father of a three week old baby girl.• Agnes, do not fight your father over this money.a father of two/three/four etc• Hadley, 35, a father of two from Great Barr, Birmingham, denied four indecent assaults but was found guilty.• Steven Hurley, 41, a father of three from Barnsley, has tongue cancer that is now inoperable.• Philip Appleby, 44, a father of three from Wylam, Northumberland, was the unanimous choice of the constituency party.• Speaking as a father of three, this sounds absolutely perfect but I do have one worry.• In the end, he is a father of two daughters and the husband of a former debutante.• Equally disenchanted with bilingual education is Agustin Mendoza, a father of two who works as a baker in Oakland.• But Philip, a father of three, died before an ambulance arrived.• The 34-year-old Northumbria force officer was a father of two from Sunderland.nFather1 a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church 〔尤指天主教的〕神父 I have sinned, Father. 我有罪，神父。 Father Devlin 德夫林神父PRIEST 神父 → Holy Father

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Father• Heavenly Father, please forgive us our sins.• Have you met Father Simmons?nFather1 RRCa way of talking to or talking about God, used in the Christian religion 天父〔基督教里用于称呼上帝〕 our Heavenly Father 我们的天父GOD 上帝

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Heavenly Father• Amen Heavenly Father, we pray for the talks about peace in the Middle East.• The Umpire - it had to be Heavenly Father!• But Heavenly Father is out of earshot.• What has happened is nothing short of a miracle; Heavenly Father has heard our prayers.• Tell Heavenly Father what was in your heart of hearts.• I thank Heavenly Father, for it is the only escape I can think of.• In a vision given to one of his followers, the Heavenly Father stated that the Bible contained errors.father2 verb [transitive]  1  BABY/HAVE A BABYto become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant 成为…的父亲 Hodgkins fathered seven children. 霍奇金斯育有七个子女。2  START something/MAKE something START formal to start an important new idea or system 首先提出，创立〔新思想或新体系〕 Bevan fathered the concept of the National Health Service. 比万首先提出了国民医疗服务体系的概念。3 father something on somebody phrasal verb British English SAY/STATE formal to claim that someone is responsible for something when they are not 把〔责任、某物的来源等〕误加于某人 A collection of Irish stories was fathered on him. 他被误传为一本爱尔兰故事集的作者。→ See Verb table

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father• Taylor denies fathering her 4-month-old son.• Elephant seals are so severely sieved that in each generation a handful of males father all the offspring.• An apparent suicide note found in the house on the day she died claimed the child had been fathered by another man.• Bill was told he would never be able to father children.• He fathered eight daughters and three sons.• All the portraits in this book show men who father from the heart, but none more than this one.• He fathered nine children with four women and the unpaid amounts totaled $ 25,000.• In other versions, Zeus rapes Demeter and fathers Persephone.• I do not know how I can have fathered such children.• Roosevelt fathered the concept of Social Security.• Unfortunately, Edison was not himself a musician, and the technology he fathered was never used for mass-producing serious musical records.Origin father1 Old English fæder

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fa‧ther¹ S1 W1 /ˈfɑːðə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1.  PARENT a male parent:
    Ask your father to help you.
    Andrew was very excited about becoming a father.
    He’s been like a father to me.
    a father of two/three/four etc (=a man with two, three etc children)
    The driver, a father of four, escaped uninjured.
    Steve recently became the proud father of a 7lb 12oz baby girl.
2.  PRIEST Father a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church:
    I have sinned, Father.
    Father Devlin ⇨ Holy Father
3. fathers [plural] people related to you who lived a long time ago
   SYN  ancestors:
    Our fathers were exiles from their native land. ⇨ forefather
4.  GOD Father a way of talking to or talking about God, used in the Christian religion:
    our Heavenly Father
5. the father of something the man who was responsible for starting something:
    Freud is the father of psychoanalysis.
6. from father to son if property or skill passes from father to son, children receive it or learn it from their parents:
    This is a district where old crafts are handed down from father to son.
7. like father like son used to say that a boy behaves like his father, especially when this behaviour is bad
8. a bit of how’s your father British English informal the act of having sex – used humorously
⇨ city fathers, founding father
     

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   ▪ father a male parent: My father’s a doctor. | He’s a father of three.
   ▪ dad informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father: Can I borrow your car, Dad? | Her dad retired ten years ago. | My dad was in the army.
   ▪ daddy a name for father, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children: Where’s your daddy? | Daddy, can I have a drink, please?
   ▪ pop American English informal (also pa old-fashioned) used when talking to your father, or about someone's father: I helped Pop fix the gate this morning. | Can I help, Pa? | He is in New York with his Pop's credit card, eating all the ice cream and pizza the city has to offer.
   ▪ papa old-fashioned informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father: Papa had forbidden me to go. | She saw her papa 's face change at this news.
   ▪ sb’s old man informal someone's father – used when talking about him in a way that is not very respectful: His old man wouldn’t let him use the car.
   ▪ stepfather (also stepdad informal) a man who is married to your mother, who is not your father but often acts as your parent: Her stepfather is really nice.

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father² verb [transitive]
1. to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant:
    Hodgkins fathered seven children.
2. formal to start an important new idea or system:
    Bevan fathered the concept of the National Health Service.
     
father something on somebody phrasal verb British English
  formal to claim that someone is responsible for something when they are not:
    A collection of Irish stories was fathered on him.