father

/ˈfaːðə/

中文意思

父親、爸爸

A (generally human) male who begets a child.

My father was a strong influence on me.

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

Come, father; you can sit here.

A term of respectful address for a priest.

A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.

The founder of a discipline or science.

Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.

Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

Something inanimate that begets.

A senator of Ancient Rome.

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