Old English f?derlic "fatherly, paternal; ancestral;" see father (n.) + -ly (1). Similar formation in Dutch vaderlijk, German v?terlich. Related: Fatherliness.
雙語例句
1. His voice filled with fatherly concern.
他的聲音充滿了慈父般的關(guān)切。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He took my arm in a fatherly way.
他慈父般地挽起我的胳膊。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He keeps a fatherly eye on his players.
他像父親一樣照管著他的球員。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. He was a fatherly shoulder to cry on when things went wrong.