godparent
n. 教父或教母
发音
US
词形变化
godparents
复数
godparents
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
干爹
教父
干娘
教母
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2.
A child's designated guardian in the case that the child's parents die.
词汇关系
相关短语
词源
From god- + parent, modelled after godfather, godmother, godsib, etc.
来源：wiktionary