brother

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n. 兄弟

发音

UK /ˈbɹʌðə/
US /ˈbɹʌðɚ/
US /ˈbɹʊdəɹ/
AU /ˈbɹɐðə/
NZ /ˈbɹɐðə/
其它 /ˈbɹʊðə/
IE /ˈbɹʊðəɹ/
CA /ˈbɹʌðəɹ/
其它 /ˈbɹʌðəɹ/
SCOT /ˈbɹʌðəɹ/

词形变化

bretheren brethren brotherkin brothern brothers 复数 brothers brothren brethren 复数 brothered brothering brothers 三单 brothering 现在分词 brothered 过去式 brothered 过去分词

别名

braddah br'er bro. bruddah brudder brotha brudda brothah brothuh bruvver broth'r

教材释义与例句

名词

兄弟；同事；战友

a male who has the same parents as you

感叹词

我的老兄！

a word meaning a black man, used especially by other black men

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Son of the same parents as another person.

  2. 2.

    A male having at least one parent in common with another person (see half-brother, stepbrother).

  3. 3.

    A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.

    弟兄

    兄弟

    You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.

    Thank you, brother.

    I would like to thank the brother who just spoke.

  4. 4.

    A form of address to a man.

    非正式

    Brother, can you spare a dime?

    Listen, brother, I don't know what you want, but I’m not interested.

  5. 5.

    A fellow black man.

    非裔美国英语
  6. 6.

    Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.

  7. 7.

    Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

  8. 8.

    Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.

    诗歌
v.
  1. 1.

    To treat as a brother.

    及物
interj.
  1. 1.

    Expressing exasperation.

    We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother!

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

comrade blood brother

反义词 1

sister

上位词 10

man friend buddy member pal monk chum sidekick monastic crony

下位词 6

mason half-brother stepbrother Big Brother freemason little brother

整体词 3

brotherhood fraternity sodality

相关短语

brother-in-law n. 姊妹的丈夫 brother german brother in law 姐夫，妹夫 Brother Jonathan brother from another mother brother chip brother in Christ brother-german n. 亲兄弟 ditto, brother smut my brother in Christ half brother 同父异母兄弟, 同母异父兄弟 Big Brother 老大哥 big brother 哥哥；老大哥 little brother 弟弟气旋 blood brother [法] 血盟者, 同胞兄弟

词源

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brother Inherited from Middle English broder, brodir, brother, brothir, broþer, broðer, from Old English brōþor, brōþur, brōðer, brōður, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of bhai, bru, frater, friar, pal, and vai. Cognates Cognate with Scots breeder, bridder, brither, broder, brother, bruther (“brother”), Yola brover, brower (“brother”), North Frisian brouder, bruler, Bröđer (“brother”), Saterland Frisian Brour, Brúur (“brother”), West Frisian broer (“brother”), Alemannic German briöder, bruder, brueder, bröder, Brüeder, Brüädär (“brother”), Bavarian pruadar, prueder, pruider (“brother”), Central Franconian Broder (“brother”), Cimbrian pruadar, pruudar (“brother”), Dutch broeder, broer (“brother”), German Bruder (“brother”), German Low German Broor (“brother”), Limburgish broor, Broër (“brother”), Luxembourgish Brudder (“brother; monk”), Mòcheno pruader (“brother”), Vilamovian brüder (“brother”), Yiddish ברודער (bruder, “brother”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish broder, bror (“brother”), Elfdalian bruoðer (“brother”), Faroese and Icelandic bróðir (“brother”), Crimean Gothic bruder (“brother”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar, “brother”); also Breton breur (“brother”), Cornish broder (“brother”), Irish bráthair (“brother”), Manx braar (“brother; friar, monk”), Scottish Gaelic bràthair (“brother”), Welsh brawd (“brother”), Latin frāter (“brother; sibling”), Ancient Greek βρά (brá, “brother”), φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr, “brother, citizen, clansman, kinsman”), Phrygian βρατερε (bratere, “brother”), Lydian 𐤡𐤭𐤠𐤱𐤭𐤳𐤦𐤳 (prafršiš, “brother”), Latgalian bruoļs (“brother”), Latvian brālis (“brother”), Lithuanian brólis (“brother”), Old Prussian brāti, brote (“brother”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian брат (brat, “brother”), Czech bratr (“brother”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene brat (“brother”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏т, brȁt (“brother; buddy, mate”), Armenian ապեր (aper), ախպար (axpar), ախպեր (axper), եղբայր (eġbayr, “brother; buddy”), Baluchi برات (barát, “brother”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish برا (bra, “brother”), Northern Kurdish bira (“as a brother”), Ossetian ӕрвад (ærvad), ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ, “brother”), Pashto ورور (wror, “brother”), Persian برادر (barādar, birādar / barâdar), برار (birār / berâr), وردار (vardâr, “brother; comrade; dude”), Ashkun břa (“younger brother”), Kamkata-viri břo (“brother”), Tregami brā (“brother”), Waigali brā, břā (“brother”), Tocharian A pracar (“brother”), Tocharian B procer (“brother”), Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother; friend”).

来源：wiktionary