godfather

名词 godfather:

1. any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
2. someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild

god.fa.ther

n.（名词）
A man who sponsors a person at baptism.
教父：在洗礼时做某人担保的男子
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：
例句：
the godfather of a new generation of nuclear physicists.
新一代核物理学家的支持者

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
v.tr.（及物动词）
god.fa.thered,god.fa.ther.ing,god.fa.thers
To serve as or as if a godfather to.
做…教父：做教父或担任以教父的职责