paternal

paternal
adjective
  1. of or appropriate to a father
    父亲的;父亲般的
    he reasserted his paternal authority.
    他重申他的父权。
    ■showing a kindness and care associated with a father; fatherly
    父亲般的;父亲般关爱的
    my elders in the newsroom kept a paternal eye on me.
    新闻编辑室中的长辈像父亲一样对待我。
    ■[attrib.]related through the father
    父亲一方的,父方的
    his father and paternal grandfather were porcelain painters.
    他的父亲和祖父是瓷器上色工。
派生
paternally
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English: from late Latin paternalis, from Latin paternus 'fatherly, belonging to a father', from pater 'father'
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