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pater

/pey-ter; also, for 2, 3 pat-er/US // ˈpeɪ tər; also, for 2, 3 ˈpæt ər //UK // (ˈpeɪtə) //

父王,父兄,牧师,父老乡亲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : British Informal. father.
    • : the paternoster; Lord's Prayer.
    • : a recitation of it.

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Examples

  • "All right, Pater," you would say, and leave the matter in the hands of the elder generation.

  • Benign respdit pater ipse Membertou neophytos se esse, verum imperarem; in mea potestate esse omnia.

  • Pater Biardus adiit ad afflictum puelli parentem, rogauitque an ipso volente moribundum infantem Baptismo esset lustraturus.

  • That's going to make things lots easier for my scheme, 'but I'll 'bide a wee' before I spring it on the Pater.

  • I think a prudent reader should pronounce as the judges do—Pater est is quern nuptiæ demonstrant.