n.[C]

1. 父親，父
   You have been like a father to me.

   你一直像父親一樣待我。

2. 創始人；設計者；發明者[（+of）]
   George Washington is called the father of his country.

   喬治‧華盛頓被稱為國父。

   A.G. Bell was the father of the telephone.

   貝爾是電話的發明者。

3. 祖先；前輩[P1]
   They still follow the tradition of their fathers.

   他們仍然繼承著他們祖先的傳統。

4. （大寫）神父
5. （大寫）上帝；聖父[the/our S]

vt.

1. 做……的父親
   He fathered a daughter at the age of fifty.

   他五十歲時生下一個女兒。

2. 創始；創立
   Einstein fathered relativity.

   愛因斯坦創立了相對論。

n.

1. a man in relation to his child or children.
   ▸a male animal in relation to its offspring.
   ▸a man who provides care and protection.
   ▸the oldest member of a society or other body.
   ▸ (the Father) (in Christian belief) the first person of the Trinity; God.
2. a man who introduces or founds something.
   ▸ (Fathers or Fathers of the Church) early Christian theologians who are regarded as especially authoritative.
3. (often as a title or form of address) a priest.

v.

1. be the father of.
   ▸ [usu. as noun fathering] treat with fatherly care.
   ▸be the source or originator of.
2. (father someone/thing on) assign paternity of a child or responsibility for something to.