我们都知道father表示“父亲”,除此以外,father是什么意思呢?我们都知道motherland,其实还有fatherland的说法,你知道是怎么回事吗?今天的日常英语口语我们一起来看看这些有趣的问题。
一、不止是“父亲”:father是什么意思?父亲;爸爸
eg: He has lost his father since he was a little boy.
他很小的
时候就失去了父亲。祖先
eg: We should cherish the resources our fathers left for us.
我们应该珍惜祖先留给我们的资源。
创始人;奠基者;先驱;鼻祖
eg: James is the founding father of this company.
詹姆斯是这家公司的创始人。
天父;上帝
eg: He was asking the Father for forgiveness.
他正在向上帝祈求宽恕。
(尤指天主教和东正教的)神父
eg: Do you know Father Dominic in this church?
你认识这个教堂里的多米尼克神父吗?
成为…的父亲;做…的父亲 (v.)
eg: He has fathered 2 children even though he is just 25.
尽管他才25岁,他已经是两个孩子的父亲了。
二、father有哪些习语?from father to son 从父到子;世代相传
eg: The tradition was passed from father to son in this family.
这一传统在这个家族里世代相传。
like father, like son 有其父必有其子
eg: He and his father both like playing computer games. Like father, like son.
他和他父亲都喜欢打游戏。真是有其父必有其子啊。
old enough to be sb's father 论年龄足以当某人的爹
eg: I can’t imagine that she married such a man. He is old enough to be her father.
我都不敢相信她嫁了一个这样的男人,都老得可以当她爹了。
三、fatherland是怎么回事?很多文化里都把“祖国”比作“母亲”,所以我们常说的“祖国母亲”在英语里的表达也就顺理成章成了motherland。motherland字典里给出的解释是:the country that you were born in and that you feel a strong emotional connection with.
之所以把一些事物比作“母亲”,比如“母校”、“母亲河”等是因为这些事物有“孕育、哺育”的贡献。但其实英语里还有fatherland的说法,只不过用得很少而已。关于fatherland是怎么来的,一般认为其来源于德语中的vaterland,这里的vater=father。所以英语里的fatherland常出现在和德国有关的语境中。
关于father是什么意思就跟大家说到这里了。希望以上的讲解能让大家对father有更深刻的了解。