a. fatherless没有父亲的。 unfathered heirs: fatherless children. childrenthought to be conceived and born by miracle in thewombs of virgins没有父亲的儿子。 △ 2H.IV.4.4.121:“The people fear me,for they do observe / Unfa-thered heirs and loathly births of nature.”老百姓的传说使我害怕，因为他们看到了没有父亲的儿子和畸形怪胎。