brotherhood

B1 高中 FREQ #8605

n. 手足情谊, 兄弟关系

发音

US /ˈbɹʌð.ɚˌhʊd/
UK /ˈbɹʌð.əˌhʊd/
其它 /ˈbɹʊð.əˌhʊd/
/ˈbɹʊð.əˌɹʊd/
其它 /ˈbɹʌð.əɹˌhʉd/
SCOT /ˈbɹʌð.əɹˌhʉd/

词形变化

brotherhoods 复数 brotherhoods

别名

Bhd.

教材释义与例句

名词

兄弟关系;手足情谊;四海之内皆兄弟的信念

a feeling of friendship between people

the spirit of brotherhood

互爱精神

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).

    哥们义气

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  2. 2.

    An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.

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    James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.

  3. 3.

    All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession

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    the legal brotherhood

    the medical brotherhood

  4. 4.

    People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.

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词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. Piecewise doublet of friarhood.

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