parent

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parent /ˈperənt/ noun

plural parents

parent

/ˈperənt/

noun

plural parents

Learner's definition of PARENT

[count]

a : a person who is a father or mother : a person who has a child父親；母親

My parents live in New York.我的父母住在紐約。
They recently became parents. = They're new parents.他們最近才爲人父母。
The form must be signed by a parent or guardian of the child.表格必須由孩子的父母之一或監護人簽名。
A few of us are single parents. [=parents who live with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner]我們中有幾個是單身父母。
my adoptive parents [=the people who adopted me]我的養父母
The organization helps people who were adopted find their birth/biological parents. [=their natural parents]這個組織幫那些被收養的人尋找親生父母。
They'd like to become foster parents. [=people who volunteer to care for a child who is not their biological child]他們想做養父母。

b : an animal or plant that produces a young animal or plant（動植物的）親代，親本，母體

a : something out of which another thing has developed母體；本體 — usually used before another noun通常用於另一名詞前

Latin is the parent language of several languages, including Italian, Spanish, and French.拉丁語是意大利語、西班牙語和法語等幾種語言的母體語言。

b : a company or organization that owns and controls a smaller company or organization母公司；總公司

the hospital's corporate parent = the corporate parent of the hospital這家醫院的母公司

— often used before another noun常用於另一名詞前

— parental

/pəˈrɛntl̟/ adjective, always used before a noun