housefather

n. 男家长,(学生宿舍)男舍监,男管理员

词形变化

housefathers 复数 housefathers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The father of a family; the male head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.

  2. 2.

    A man in charge of a residence for young people to look after them.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

man

词源

Compound of house + father. Cognate with Dutch huisvader, German Hausvater, Swedish husfader, Icelandic húsfaðir.

来源：wiktionary