but I lacked for nothing, for he was both father and mother to me.
但我却什么都不缺，他既当父亲又当母亲。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 57 Back in the old country

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

father ['fɑðɚ] 词频1
n. 父亲;祖先;（尤指天主教和东正教的）神父;天父; vt. 成为父亲;创立（新思想）;创造;发明（新方法）;
💡 她的（her） 父亲很胖（fat） 网友：ＢＯＢ 补充：分解：胖胖的（fat）坐在椅子（h象形）上的那个人（er表示人）是我的父亲
"his father's agonizing death"
他父亲极度痛苦的死
近义：reproduce, breed, adopt, ingenerate, sire, beget 反义：boy, child, descendant
mother ['mʌðɚ] 词频1
n. 母亲，妈妈;女修道院院长;大娘; vt. 像母亲般地照顾;养育;溺爱;
💡 莫(mo)非这个(the)人(r)是 妈妈？
"The baby had been abandoned by its mother."
这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
近义：mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum 反义：child, descendant, girl
lacked
v. 缺乏, 缺少( lack的过去式和过去分词 )

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket?
你有没有把裤子塞洗衣机，然后又想在裤子的后兜有一张大面值的纸币？
'If the money was not paid promptly,
如果交款不及时，
An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.
凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。
The man said that the pen was worth $50,
那人说那支笔值50英镑，
But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.
但某地当局为打捞一只焙制馅饼的盘子提出索赔，倒是件新鲜的事儿。
But I was extremely pleased with myself.
但我却非常高兴，