god.fa.ther

godfather的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈgɔdˌfɑ:ðə]
KK音标发音： [ˈgɑdˌfɑðɚ]

godfather的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A man who sponsors a person at baptism.
教父：在洗礼时做某人担保的男子

2. One that has a relationship to another person or to something that is the equivalent of being a baptismal sponsor:
担保人：对某人或某物承担责任或保护的人：

the godfather of a new generation of nuclear physicists.
新一代核物理学家的支持者

3. Slang The leader of an organized crime family.
【俚语】 教父：一个有组织的犯罪家族的首领

godfather的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

4. To serve as or as if a godfather to.
做…教父：做教父或担任以教父的职责