the male parent of an animal, especially a stallion or bull kept for breeding 雄性种畜(尤指种马或种牛)
(archaic)a respectful form of address for someone of high social status, especially a king (古)陛下;阁下(尤指对国王等社会地位高者的尊称) ■a father or other male forebear 父亲;男性祖先
verb
[with obj.]be the male parent of (an animal) (雄性种兽)繁殖(幼兽) ■(poetic/literary)(of a person) be the father of (诗/文)(人)做…的父亲
语源
Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French, from an alteration of Latin senior (see senior). Sense 1 dates from the early 16th cent