Parent
['peər(ə)nt] or ['pɛrənt]
解释:
(noun.) an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained.
(noun.) 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.
编辑:帕特里克--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
(n.) That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.
校对:朗达
解释:
n. one who begets or brings forth: a father or a mother: one who or that which produces: an author: a cause.—n. Par′entage descent from parents: birth: extraction: rank or character derived from one's parents or ancestors: relation of parents to their children.—adj. Parent′al pertaining to or becoming parents: affectionate: tender.—adv. Parent′ally.—ns. Par′enthood state of being a parent: duty or feelings of a parent; Parent′icide one who kills a parent.—adj. Par′entless without a parent.
约瑟夫编辑
娱乐性解释：
To see your parents looking cheerful while dreaming, denotes harmony and pleasant associates. If they appear to you after they are dead, it is a warning of approaching trouble, and you should be particular of your dealings. To see them while they are living, and they seem to be in your home and happy, denotes pleasant changes for you. To a young woman, this usually brings marriage and prosperity. If pale and attired in black, grave disappointments will harass you. To dream of seeing your parents looking robust and contented, denotes you are under fortunate environments; your business and love interests will flourish. If they appear indisposed or sad, you will find life's favors passing you by without recognition. See Father and Mother.
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娱乐性解释：
One of the hardships of a minor's life.
校对:莱利亚
例句:
- The offspring nestled to the parent; that parent, feeling the endearment and hearing the appeal, gathered her closer still. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Immediately, the venerable parent--on a cold winter's night, it is said--anathematized and turned her out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- On my pointing out the great impropriety of the word, especially in connexion with his parent (for he added sulkily By her! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The guests bowed deeply to the mourning parent, and withdrew from their hospitable guide. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Jist vot I told you, my boy,' rejoined his parent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- At this period, the termination of an animal's love for its offspring,--the true affection of the human parent commences. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- By this indulgence of the fancy in its inconstancy, the tie of child and parent still preserves its full force and influence. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- An arm of the main conflagration had shot out a half mile south of its parent to embrace this tiny strip of road in its implacable clutches. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Wealth, I said, and poverty; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- My dear,' assented her eminently practical parent, 'quite true, quite true. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- He seems every thing the fondest parent could. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- She treated her therefore, with all the indulgent fondness of a parent towards a favourite child on the last day of its holidays. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- By all means, he said, tell us about the child, and you shall remain in our debt for the account of the parent. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- She sang the songs he asked for, with feeling; they reminded her of a parent to whom she had been truly attached; they reminded her of her young days. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It is an incidental result of differences in the reproductive systems of the parent-species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- He only told me a little about his parents and grandparents, and almost all in answer to my questions. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Jos's London agents had orders to pay one hundred and twenty pounds yearly to his parents at Fulham. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I asked Caddy what had made their parents choose this profession for them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- My parents were indulgent, and my companions amiable. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- Their notions relating to the duties of parents and children differ extremely from ours. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- I dare not tell your parents yet, but I think they would consent if they knew that we adored one another. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- You may as well say that the parents be the cause of a murder by the child, for without the parents the child would never have been begot. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Augustine and another brother were the only children of their parents. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- She had often vainly applied to her parents, as well as to her uncle, Lord Carysfort, who only wrote to load her with reproaches. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I heard that the table beer was a robbery of parents, and the pudding an imposition. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- To her parents she never talked about this matter, shrinking from baring her heart to them. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Who are your parents? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I love home, I am somewhat domestic, I love, dearly love my parents, and wish to improve the little talents God has given me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- A love-child,' returned Betty Higden, dropping her voice; 'parents never known; found in the street. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I was able to invent names for my parents, whom I pretended to be obscure people in the province of Gelderland. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
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