| 单词 | brother |
| 释义 | Word Frequency brother(ˈbrʌðə) nounWord forms: plural brothers or archaic except when referring to fellow members of a religion, sect, society, etc brethren 1. a male person having the same parents as another person 2. short for half-brother, stepbrother 3. a. a male person belonging to the same group, profession, nationality, trade union, etc, as another or others; fellow member b. (as modifier) brother workers 4. comrade; friend: used as a form of address 5. Christianity a. a member of a male religious order who undertakes work for the order without actually being in holy orders b. ▶ Related adjective: fraternala lay member of a male religious order exclamation 6. slang an exclamation of amazement, disgust, surprise, disappointment, etc Word origin Old English brōthor; related to Old Norse brōthir, Old High German bruoder, Latin frāter, Greek phratēr, Sanskrit bhrātar |
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