Sire

(noun.) male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse.

(noun.) a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority.

手打:莫林

• With wonderful presence of mind, Don Pedro, the cruel sire, rushed in, dragged out his daughter, with a hasty aside. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The two sons grew up as parsimonious as their sire. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Ay, but, said Waldemar, your sire Henry sate more firm in his seat than your Grace can. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• At his side was the hunting knife of his unknown sire, and across his shoulders the coils of his own long rope. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I wish you'd remember other things as well, sir, the sire answered. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She often bent her head to listen to the boy's remarksand would then smilingly repeat them to his sire. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She gazed tenderly on her furrowed sire. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The fighting blood of my Virginian sires coursed hot through my veins. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• They were acting in the interest of the public, and did not wish to preserve useless lives, or raise up a puny offspring to wretched sires. 柏拉图. 理想国.

录入:罗宾逊