father英音[ˈfɑ:ðə(r)]美音[ˈfɑðɚ]【中文释义】n.父亲；祖先；（尤指天主教和东正教的）神父；天父；vt.成为父亲；创立（新思想）；创造；发明（新方法）。

【英文释义】

a male parent(also used as a term of address to your father)；

"his father was born in Atlanta"

"keep the faith of our forefathers"

`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

(Christianity)any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine；in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church；the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose,Augustine,Gregory the Great,and Jerome；those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius,Basil,Gregory Nazianzen,and John Chrysostom