paternal

[US]/pə'tɜːn(ə)l/
[UK]/pə'tɝnl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 父親的;得自父親的;父親般的

Phrases & Collocations

paternal figure

父親般的人

paternal instinct

父愛本能

paternal love

父愛

paternal bond

父子情

paternal guidance

父親指導

paternal influence

父親的影響

paternal aunt

姑母

Example Sentences

be related on the paternal side

是父方的親戚

he reasserted his paternal authority.

他重申他的父權。

my elders in the newsroom kept a paternal eye on me.

新聞編輯室中的長輩像父親一樣對待我。

his father and paternal grandfather were porcelain painters.

他的父親和祖父是瓷器上色工。

My father wrote me a letter full of his paternal love for me.

我父親給我寫了一封充滿父愛的信。

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