| 释义 |
stepbrother|ˈstɛpbrʌðə(r)|
[See step-. Cf. MHG. stiefbruoder (mod.G. stiefbruder).]
A son, by a former marriage, of one's stepfather or stepmother.
1440Promp. Parv. 474/1 Stepbrothyr, of the fadyrs syde, victrigenus. Stepbroder, on the modyrs syde, novercatus. 1530Palsgr. 276/1 Stepbrother, beav frere. 1828in Webster. 1868L. H. Morgan Syst. Consanguinity (1870) 482 These are step-brothers and step-sisters to the children of their mother's sisters. 1869J. Eadie Galatians 89 If, then, the theory of step-brethren or cousins be surrounded with difficulties. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 510 Whether he [sc. St. James] were a half-brother or only a step-brother of Jesus.
Hence ˈstepbrotherhood.
1869J. Eadie Galat. 78 For the theory of step-brotherhood, there is no explicit evidence in Scripture. |