释义
[ step -muhth -er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈstɛpˌmʌð ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
Origin of stepmother before 900; Middle English stepmoder, Old English stēopmōdor. See step-, mother1
OTHER WORDS FROM stepmother step·moth·er·ly, adverb step·moth·er·li·ness, noun Words nearby stepmother Stephenville, step-in, step into, step into someone's shoes, stepladder, stepmother , Stepney, step-off, step-on, Step on a crack, break your mother's back, step on it
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Example sentences from the Web for stepmother This was said to have created tension between his two grown daughters and their stepmother , who were known not to get along.
Would You Stay in Lizzie Borden’s Ax-Murder House? | Nina Strochlic| October 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Her father and stepmother both beat her, and she was forced to become a maid in her own house.
How One Young Woman Escaped Childhood Abuse and a Forced Marriage | Moral Courage| October 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
On December 18, Kerri and her brother, Mike, told Piers Morgan on CNN about their grievances with their stepmother .
Casey Kasem's Family's Top 40 Meltdown Moments | Tim Teeman| June 3, 2014| DAILY BEAST
My stepmother knew Rabbi Kahane through her political activism in the 80's and remained close with some of his confidantes.
My Former Life As a Kahanist Posterboy | Zack Parker| June 17, 2013| DAILY BEAST
My relationship with Kahanism began in 2004, at the age of 10, when I moved to Israel to live with my father and stepmother .
My Former Life As a Kahanist Posterboy | Zack Parker| June 17, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Helen marvelled and the stepmother wondered at seeing the fruit.
Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen | Alexander Chodsko
Tony drew comparisons between his dead mother, his stepmother and his proposed wife, and morals therefrom.
A Humble Enterprise | Ada Cambridge
For my part, I never saw a froward child mended by whipping; and I would not have the mother country become a stepmother .
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son | The Earl of Chesterfield
Wonderful handy with babies, though, and if anybody was wanting a nurse now—a stepmother 's breath is cold—but Nancy!
Their proper names are not given, and we do not learn that the stepmother has a pair of sons.
The English and Scottish popular ballads (Volume II of 5) | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for stepmother noun a woman who has married one's father after the death or divorce of one's mother
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