| 词汇 | parent |
| 释义 | parent 6 ENTRIES FOUND: parent (noun) parenting (noun) parent-in-law (noun) Parent-Teacher Association (noun) Parent-Teacher Organization (noun) birth parent (noun) parent /ˈperənt/ noun plural parents parent /ˈperənt/ noun plural parents Learner's definition of PARENT [count] 1 a : a person who is a father or mother : a person who has a child父亲；母亲 My parents live in New York.我的父母住在纽约。 They recently became parents. = They're new parents.他们最近才为人父母。 The form must be signed by a parent or guardian of the child.表格必须由孩子的父母之一或监护人签名。 A few of us are single parents. [=parents who live with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner]我们中有几个是单身父母。 my adoptive parents [=the people who adopted me]我的养父母 The organization helps people who were adopted find their birth/biological parents. [=their natural parents]这个组织帮那些被收养的人寻找亲生父母。 They'd like to become foster parents. [=people who volunteer to care for a child who is not their biological child]他们想做养父母。 — compare grandparent, stepparent b : an animal or plant that produces a young animal or plant（动植物的）亲代，亲本，母体 The parent brings food to the chicks.母鸡啄食给小鸡。 the parent bird亲代鸟 The new plant will have characteristics of both parent plants.新植株将兼有雌雄两亲本的特征。 2 a : something out of which another thing has developed母体；本体 — usually used before another noun通常用于另一名词前 Latin is the parent language of several languages, including Italian, Spanish, and French.拉丁语是意大利语、西班牙语和法语等几种语言的母体语言。 b : a company or organization that owns and controls a smaller company or organization母公司；总公司 the hospital's corporate parent = the corporate parent of the hospital这家医院的母公司 — often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 a parent bank/company/corporation/firm总行；总公司/公司/公司 — parental /pəˈrɛntl̟/ adjective, always used before a noun parental responsibility/consent父母的责任/认可 |
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