godfather

1. N-COUNT A godfather is a male godparent. 教父

2. N-COUNT A powerful man who is at the head of a criminal organization is sometimes referred to as a godfather. 犯罪組織的頭目

...the feared godfather of the Mafia. ...人人畏懼的黑手黨頭目。

3. N-COUNT You can refer to a man who started or developed something such as a style of music as the godfather of that thing. 教父; 開拓者; 創(chuàng)始人[journalism] [N 'of' n]

...the godfather of soul, James Brown. ...靈魂音樂教父詹姆士·布朗。