parent

n. 父母, 父母亲, 根源
【法】 父亲, 母亲, 根源

名词:parenthood 动词过去式:parented 过去分词:parented 现在分词:parenting 第三人称单数:parents 

par.ent

n.（名词）
One who begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child; a father or a mother.
双亲之一（父或母）：生育、培育或抚养孩子的人；父亲或母亲
An ancestor; a progenitor.
先辈；祖父
An organism that produces or generates offspring.
母体：生产或生育后代的生物体
A guardian; a protector.
监护人；保护人
A source or cause; an origin:
根源，起源：
例句：
Despair is the parent of rebellion.
走投无路是反抗的根源

v.（动词）
par.ent.ed,par.ent.ing,par.ents
v.tr.（及物动词）
Usage Problem To act as a parent to; raise and nurture:
【用法疑难】 抚养，抚育：做…的家长；抚养或养育：
例句：
.A genitor who does not parent the child is not its parent.(Ashley Montagu)
.不养育孩子的父母不能称为孩子的父母.(阿什利·蒙塔古)

To cause to come into existence; originate.
使产生：引起…的存在；产起
v.intr.Usage Problem （不及物动词）【用法疑难】
To act as a parent.
抚育，抚养：做父（母）

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin parôns parent- [from past active participle of] parere [to give birth] * see per…-
源自 拉丁语 parôns parent- [] 源自parere的过去主动语态分词 [生，生育] *参见 per…-

【引伸】
par.enthood.
n.（名词）
The Usage Panel is better disposed to accept the verbparent than in previous surveys, though a majority continues to find it unacceptable.In 9'8 it was acceptable to only 9 percent of the Panel;in the most recent survey45 percent accepted it in the sentenceIn looking for foster homes, we give preference first to relatives and second to families with prior experience in parenting. · The use of the verbparent to mean .act as a parent to. is not entirely new:it occurs as early as 884 in a metaphorical context.But its use in a literal sense with respect to children is a recent development and reflects a modern reconceptualization of family life.The word is not completely synonymous with the traditional expressionraise a child, though the precise nature of the differences may depend on the context.For some speakers,use of the word suggests a self-conscious shift from child to parent as the focus of the parental relationship,and it may be this implication that feeds critical reservations about the verb.But the usage also reflects a widespread practical realizationthat the activities required of a parent extend well beyond the direct interactionwith the child emphasized inchild raising. Thus theparenting classes for young parents offered by schools and state agencies encompass not only the activities traditionally associated with raising a childbut also topics such as personal self-sufficiency, household financial management, and methods of dealing with schools and health care agencies.See Usage Note at father
用法小组比以往更倾向于接受动词parent 了， 虽然还有大部分人觉得不可接受。9'8年仅有9％的小组成员认同这种用法；在最近的调查中，有45％的人接受了它,如在：在寻找收养家庭时，我们首先选孩子的亲戚，其次是有过养育孩子经历的家庭 这样的句子中的用法。 Parent 的意为.做…的父（母）.动词用法， 并不完全是个新用法：早在884年，在一个比喻性的文章中就出现过了。但就孩子这方面而言，它的本义是近期发展的结果并反映了现代家庭生活的观念。这个词并不与习语 raise a child 完全同义， 尽管不同之处确切的性质可能取决于说话背景。但对一些人来说，使用这个词暗含一个把家长的关系作为重点的自觉的从孩子到父母的转换，也许正是这个隐含的用意引起了关于这个动词批评性的保留。然而，这个用法也反映了广泛的现实认识，即要求父母的活动扩展到超出直接与孩子的相互作用，这个相互作用在 child raising 这个短语中有所强调。 因此，由学校和国家专门部门向年轻家长提供的 parenting 课， 不仅包括传统上与抚养孩子有关的事务，而且还包括诸如个人自给自足、家庭财政管理和同学校和保健部门打交道的方法等课题参见 father