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
late Middle English: from late Latin paternalis, from Latin paternus 'fatherly, belonging to a father', from pater 'father'