godfather
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++god·fa·ther /ˈɡɒdˌfɑːðə $ ˈɡɑːdˌfɑːðər/ noun [countable] 1. RRCa male godparent 教父2. informalSCC the head of a criminal organization such as the mafia 教父〔黑手党等犯罪组织的头目〕3 the godfather of something someone who began or developed something such as a type of music 某事物的教父[创始人] Afrika Bambaataa, the Godfather of hip hop 嘻哈乐教父阿弗里卡·班巴塔
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godfather• Frederic fell a little in love with her, and Margarett considered him a godfather.• Charlie was to be Jack's best man and one day he thought he would be godfather to Jack's first child.• The godfather of proto-punk guitar slinging, Thunders is memorialized on this 12-cut live disc recorded in Tokyo in 1988.nThe GodfatherGodfather, The n(1972) a violent US film, based on the book by Mario Puzo, and made by Francis Ford coppola, in which Marlon brando appears as the leader of a powerful mafia family, the Corleone family, and Al Pacino appears as his son. Brando’s character is remembered for saying ‘I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse’, and he organizes murders and other crimes using his family and friends. Two other films, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III, were made about the same family.god·fa·ther nounGodfather, TheLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
male Corpus a godparent
godfather
god‧fa‧ther /ˈɡɒdˌfɑːðə $ ˈɡɑːdˌfɑːðər/
noun [countable]
1. a male godparent
2. informal the head of a criminal organization such as the mafia
3. the godfather of something someone who began or developed something such as a type of music:
Afrika Bambaataa, the Godfather of hip hop
god‧fa‧ther /ˈɡɒdˌfɑːðə $ ˈɡɑːdˌfɑːðər/
noun [countable]1. a male godparent
2. informal the head of a criminal organization such as the mafia
3. the godfather of something someone who began or developed something such as a type of music:
Godfather
Godfather, The
(1972) a violent US film, based on the book by Mario Puzo, and made by Francis Ford Coppola, in which Marlon Brando appears as the leader of a powerful mafia family, the Corleone family, and Al Pacino appears as his son. Brando’s character is remembered for saying ‘I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse’, and he organizes murders and other crimes using his family and friends. Two other films, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III, were made about the same family.
Godfather, The
(1972) a violent US film, based on the book by Mario Puzo, and made by Francis Ford Coppola, in which Marlon Brando appears as the leader of a powerful mafia family, the Corleone family, and Al Pacino appears as his son. Brando’s character is remembered for saying ‘I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse’, and he organizes murders and other crimes using his family and friends. Two other films, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III, were made about the same family.