father
- n. 父亲，爸爸；神父；祖先；前辈
- vt. 发明，创立；当…的父亲
英英释意
- 1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);
- "his father was born in Atlanta"
- 2. the founder of a family;
- "keep the faith of our forefathers"
- 3. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization;
- "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"
- "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
- 4. a person who founds or establishes some institution;
- "George Washington is the father of his country"
- 5. the head of an organized crime family