parental

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/pəˈɹɛn.təl/    /pəˈɹɛn.təl/|/pəˈɹen.təl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person fulfilling a parental role.
    — Nowadays there are all kinds of potential parentals besides parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, step-parents, in-laws, older siblings and cousins, and those in civil unions.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to a parent.
  2. Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
  3. Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.
    — This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, [...]

词形变化

more parental comparative most parental superlative parentals plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).
词源 2
From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).
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