father常被用作名詞父親; 爸爸; 祖先; 創始人; 奠基者; 先驅; 鼻祖; 天父; 神父; 也可用作動詞成為…的父親; 做…的父親; 創立(新思想); 創造，發明(新方法)。一起看看雅思詞匯father用法介紹。

father可以用作名詞

father用作名詞時意思是“生身之父”,也可用于指“丈夫之父”,即“公公”,或“妻子之父”,即“岳父”。是可數名詞,用作對家人的稱謂時,可視為專有名詞,一般不用冠詞。也可用于比喻,一般無冠詞。

father用于比喻可指“奠基人”“發明者”“根源”等。

father第一個字母大寫時,還可指“上帝”“神父”。

father用作名詞的用法例句

My father and mother went for a walk.爸爸媽媽去散步了。

He modeled himself on his father.他把他的父親作為自己的楷模。

Father Donovan dropped his eyes.多諾萬神父垂下了眼神。

A father figure is someone (a man) who acts like a father to a person. It's typically used when a person doesn't have a father, or has a bad father.

In this case, since the lady is divorced, this man would be acting like a father figure to the children. I don't really understand why the ex-husband would say "I'm not looking for a father figure". That would suggest that the ex-husband wants a father figure for himself.

Edit: I think I misread the context. Is the man (not the ex-husband) saying "I'm not looking for a father figure"? If so, it should probably say "I'm not looking to be a father figure". That would mean that he doesn't want to be a father figure for the lady's children.