(adj.) belonging to or inherited from one's father; 'spent his childhood on the paternal farm'; 'paternal traits' .
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双语例句
The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Me loves Parpar, said the artful one, preparing to climb the paternal knee and revel in forbidden joys. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
The paternal laugh was echoed by Joseph, who thought the joke capital. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
They sent him parcels, which, when opened, were found to contain the paternal soap and candles. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
She hated him for the seasoned, semi-paternal animalism with which he regarded her, but she admired his weight of strength. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
The Van Osburgh marriage was celebrated in the village church near the paternal estate on the Hudson. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
He felt somehow ashamed of this paternal softness and hid it from his wife--only indulging in it when alone with the boy. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Finally, those sentiments dictate the lines--grateful, sympathetic, paternal lines--which appear in this place. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
One last word of affectionate warning, of paternal caution, and I tear myself from the charm of addressing you--I close these fervent lines. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Her early flame, Gurt, had quite vacated the field in favor of his handsome young rival, and now took a paternal interest in the match. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
I can be paternal--no man more so--when I please, and I was intensely paternal on this occasion. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
A few months after he was with his paternal grandfather, Mrs. Sedley died. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
The gloom on the paternal countenance had also impressed George Osborne with anxiety. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.