a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
Verb:
bring up;
\\\"raise a family\\\"
\\\"bring up children\\\"
造句
用作名詞(n.)
My parents have gone to Hangzhou for holiday. 我父母已經去杭州度假了。
Being a parent can be hard work. 當父母可是件辛苦的事。
Ignorance is the parent of many evils. 無知是許多罪惡的根源。
Greed is the parent of many evils. 貪婪是萬惡之根源。
用作動詞(v.)
We should parent children with both love and discipline. 我們應該用愛和管教來撫養孩子。
True albinos occur in about one in 10,000 births, after inheriting a rare and recessive albino gene from each parent. 在遺傳了各別父母既稀少的又隱性的白子基因后，真實的白子以在一萬胎之中大約一只來產生。
Prime Creator lets its creations be and learns about its own potential by watching what it has birthed, just as a wise parent learns from its children. 最初的創造者通過觀察造物的產生來讓他的造物具有和學習他自己的潛力，正如一位聰明的父親學習它的孩子。
常用短語
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+～
disobey parents
不服從父母
live on parents
依靠父母生活
lose parent
喪父〔母〕
obey parents
聽從父母親的話
respect parents
尊敬父母
support parents
贍養父母
形容詞+～
devoted parent
慈愛的父〔母〕
fond parents
溺愛孩子的父母
indulgent parents
溺愛孩子的父母
loving parent
仁慈的家長
natural parent
生父〔母〕
separated parents
分離的雙親
single parent
單親
unfit parent
不稱職的家長
～+名詞
parent atoms
母原子
parent bird
成鳥
parent company
母公司
parent plant
母樹
parent tree
母樹
～+介詞
parent of modern astronomy
現代天文學創始人
組詞
Most of her childhood meals were eaten with Granny and not with her parents.