Word · Frequency #364
fathers
生育；充当…的父亲；抚养
fathers is the third person singular of father.
核心释义
To sire (a child) or to act as a father to (someone), supporting and nurturing them.
- 1.
做...的父亲；生育
To be a father to; to sire.
- 2.
引起；产生
To give rise to.
- 3.
充当父亲；抚养培育
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
- 4.
为...提供父亲
To provide with a father.
- 5.
收养为子女
To adopt as one's own.
开创；发起；产生；收养；使…有父亲；给…当父亲；做...的父亲；生育；引起；产生
用法In use
He fathered three children before he turned thirty.
用法提示：此处 father 为动词，表示‘成为…的父亲’，过去式 fathered 描述过去事件。
She fathered the innovative design that won the award.
用法提示：此处 father 为动词，表示‘创始、创造’，过去式 fathered 用于引出成果。
The coach fathers his players by mentoring them on and off the field.
用法提示：此处 father 为动词，表示‘像父亲般对待/培养’，第三人称单数 fathers 用于一般现在时。
father sb
此义表示“生育”，主语通常为男性。
He fathered a son and a daughter.
他育有一儿一女。
father sth
该义表示“开创、发起”，宾语多为抽象名词。
The scientist fathered a new field of study.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- father a child
- 成为父亲；生育孩子
- He always wanted to father a child.他一直想要一个孩子。
- father an idea
- 提出并推动一个想法
- Many credit him with fathering the idea of the local festival.许多人认为当地节日的想法是他开创的。
- father a movement
- 发起一场运动
- He helped father the movement for voting reform.他帮助发起了投票改革运动。
- father a nation
- 缔造一个国家；成为国父
- He is honored for fathering the modern nation.他因缔造这个现代国家而受到尊敬。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
父亲（father）当动词：生育孩子，也孕育想法或事业——'孕育'就是创造、开创。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reports、literary works 动词 father 多用于正式或书面语境，如新闻报道、正式演讲和文学作品中；日常口语中表示“生孩子”时更常用 have children。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
在美式英语中，father 和 bother 韵脚相同（都以 /ðɚ/ 结尾），因此押韵。但注意 mother、other、rather、gather、lather 虽也以 -ther 结尾，但元音分别为 /ʌ/、/ʌ/、/æ/、/æ/、/æ/，与 father 的 /ɑ/ 不同，故不押韵。
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.