Founding father
n. 开国者, 创立人
📖 牛津释义
founding father
1 person who establishes an institution, a popular movement, etc 创办机构、 发起民众运动等的人; 创始人
the founding fathers of modern linguistics 现代语言学的创始人.
2 Founding Father member of the body that in 1787 drew up the Constitution of the USA （1787年起草美国宪法的）制宪会议成员.
🧩 词语组成解析
founding
['faundiŋ]
n. [机] 铸造，熔铸;
v. 建造( found的现在分词);熔化;建立…的基础，以…为基础;
father
['fɑðɚ]
n. 父亲;祖先;（尤指天主教和东正教的）神父;天父;
vt. 成为父亲;创立（新思想）;创造;发明（新方法）;
🗣️ 情景例句
we need to have our own place to live.
我们应该有自己的房子。
Custom is the guide of the ignorant.
习俗是无知者的向导。
Harry used to consider it a great joke to go into expensive cosmetic shops and make outrageous requests for goods that do not exist.
哈里曾认为走进一家名贵化妆品商店，荒唐地提出要买一种根本不存在的商品是件开心的事儿。