/pəˈtɜ:nl ||; pəˈtɝnḷ/adj (only
before a noun 只用于名词前)
1 behaving as a father would behave; connected with being a father 父亲般的；与父亲有关的
2 related through the father's side of the family 父系的: my paternal grandparents 我的祖父母 ☞ Look at maternal. 参看maternal。