FATHER1 father2 when someone is a father3 like a fatherRELATED WORDSsee alsoMOTHERCHILDBABYFAMILYMAN1 father 父亲father /ˈfɑːðəʳ/ [countable noun] My father's a doctor. 我父亲是个医生。father of He's now the proud father of a three-week-old baby girl. 现在他是位有三周大女婴的父亲，感到很自豪。 Larry Blake, a father of three children, was shot dead outside his home last night. 拉里·布莱克是三个孩子的父亲，昨晚在自己屋外被人开枪打死了。dad /ˈdæd/ [countable noun]informala name you use to talk to your father or to talk about someone else's father 【非正式】爸爸，爹 Was your dad angry when you got home? 你回家时你爸发火了没有? Can I borrow your car, Dad? 爹，我能借你的车用用吗? My dad retired ten years ago. 我爸十年前退休了。daddy /ˈdædi/ [countable noun]a name for a father - used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children 爸爸〔尤作儿语〕 Where's your daddy? 你爸爸在哪儿？ Daddy, can I have a drink, please? 爸爸，我喝杯饮料好吗？ Go and ask Daddy if he'll give you a ride to school. 去问问爸爸他是不是可以开车送你去上学。pop /pɒpǁpɑːp/ [singular noun]American informala name you call your father 【美，非正式】爸爸，爹 I helped Pop fix the gate this morning. 今天上午我帮爸爸把门修好了。 Relax, Pop, I'll have the car back by midnight. 放心，爸爸，午夜前我会把车开回来的。old man /ˌəʊld ˈmæn/ [singular noun]informalfather - use this to talk about your father or someone else's father 【非正式】老头子，老爸〔用于向他人说起自己或别人的父亲时〕 My old man never could understand why I married Doris. 我家老头子永远也搞不懂我为什么娶了多丽丝。the old manmy father 老爸 I'm going to visit the old man next week. 我打算下星期去看老爸。2 when someone is a father 某人成为父亲时fatherhood /ˈfɑːðəʳhʊd/ [uncountable noun] Jerry doesn't take the responsibilities of fatherhood very seriously. 杰里没有很认真地承担起做父亲的责任。 Fatherhood has been the greatest challenge of my life. 做父亲是我一生中遇到的最大挑战。become a father /bɪˌkʌm ə ˈfɑːðəʳ/ [verb phrase]if a manbecomes a father, a woman has his baby 做父亲，当了爸爸 I didn't really care about what was going on in the world until I became a father. 自己当父亲以前，我对世界上发生了什么不太关心。 Just think about it - you don't really want to become a father while you're still in your teens, do you? 你想想，你才十几岁，又不是真的想要当父亲，对不对？father /ˈfɑːðəʳ/ [transitive verb]writtenif a manfathers a child, a woman has his baby 【书面】是…的父亲 He fathered eight daughters and three sons. 他是八个女儿和三个儿子的父亲。 Bill was told he would never be able to father children. 比尔被告知他永远不能生儿育女。3 like a father 像父亲般的paternal /pəˈtɜːʳnl/ [adjective]paternal feelings are like the feelings that a good father has for his children 〔感情〕父亲的；父亲般的 Although he had no children of his own, he took a kind of paternal interest in Katie's progress at school. 虽然他自己没有子女，但他对凯蒂的学业怀着慈父般的兴趣。fatherly /ˈfɑːðəʳli/ [adjective]behaving in a kind way towards someone who is younger than you, which shows you care about them a lot, as if you were their father 〔行为〕父亲般的 Do you mind if I give you some fatherly advice? 我像父亲一样给你提建议，你介意吗？ From the plane window he could still see the two young women, and gave them a fatherly wave. 从机窗里他还能看得见这两位年轻女子，便慈父般向她们挥了挥手。