Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #364
Father
父亲；爸爸
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- 1.
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
- 2.
A title given to priests.
用于神父的称号。
- 3.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
男性父母(也用作称呼父亲的称谓)
- 4.
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
- 5.
One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ.
公元最初几个世纪的主要教会权威之一。
- 6.
the founder of a family
家族的创始人
- 7.
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
- 8.
A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost.
自然力量或抽象概念拟人化的称号,如时间老人或严寒老人。
- 9.
`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
在某些教会中对神父的称呼(尤其是罗马天主教或东正教)；在军队中常用“Padre”
- 10.
A term of respectful address for a priest.
- 11.
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
- 12.
A pioneering figure in a particular field.
- 13.
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- 14.
Something inanimate that begets.
- 15.
A member of a church council.
- 16.
The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
神父；奠基人；鼻祖；祖先；家族创始人；父亲般的人；早期基督教教父
In use
The writings of the Church Fathers are studied in theology classes.
Many Church Fathers were also bishops in the early Christian church.
A student of patristics must read the original texts of the Fathers.
his father was born in Atlanta
the Church Fathers
常指2至7世纪的早期基督教神学家集体。
The writings of the Church Fathers form the foundation of Christian theology.
教父的著作构成了基督教神学的基础。
a Church Father
指个人，常用于指代某位特定的教父。
Augustine was a Church Father whose works are still studied today.
奥古斯丁是一位教父，他的著作至今仍被研究。
Connections
Collocations
- Church Father
- 教会教父
- Augustine was a prominent Church Father.奥古斯丁是一位杰出的教会教父。
- early Church Father
- 早期教父
- The early Church Fathers wrote extensively on Christian doctrine.早期教父们撰写了大量关于基督教教义的文章。
- Latin Father
- 拉丁教父
- Jerome is known as one of the Latin Fathers.哲罗姆被称为拉丁教父之一。
- Greek Father
- 希腊教父
- Athanasius was a key Greek Father in the Arian controversy.阿塔纳修斯是阿里乌斯争议中的一位关键希腊教父。
- Apostolic Father
- 使徒教父
- Clement of Rome is considered an Apostolic Father.罗马的克莱门特被视为一位使徒教父。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一位白发长须的古代教父，是基督教信仰的精神父亲。
Context & Register
该义项为专门术语，指早期基督教教父，多见于宗教历史、神学讨论等书面语境，口语中极少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling ending '-ther' but have different vowel sounds. None rhyme with 'father' (which has /ˈfɑːðər/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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