| 单词 | brothering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈbrothering ˈbrothering n. (a) the action of admitting a tradesman, apprentice, etc., into a brotherhood; a ceremony marking this; now historical; (b) the action of addressing a person as a ‘brother’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > brotherly love > treating or addressing as (a) brother brothering1663 1663 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Peebles (1910) 56 Ane evill practicq called be them ‘brothering’. 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 97 By..such brothering and sistering he kept up his influence among his people. 2001 P. Aitchison Children of Sea v. 98 Before a lad was admitted to a boat's crew at the age of ten or eleven, tradition demanded a ‘brothering’. 2009 M. E. DeMuth Daisy Chain v. 30 The hollering people ceased to holler. The brothering and sistering stopped. < as lemmas |
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