brother

brother
(pl.亦作 brethren )
  1. a man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents
    兄弟
    ■a male associate or fellow member of an organization
    （男）同人，（男）同事
    the time is coming, brothers, for us to act.
    伙伴们！是我们起来行动的时候了。
    ■(informal, chiefly N. Amer.)a black man (chiefly used as a term to address by other black people)
    (非正式， 主 北美)黑人兄弟（主要用于黑人之间的称呼）
    ■a thing which resembles or is connected to another thing
    相似物；相关物
    the machine is almost identical to its larger brother.
    这台机器跟比它大的那台几乎一模一样。
  2. (pl.亦作 brethren )(Christian Church)a (male) fellow Christian
    (基督教)（男）基督会教友
    ■a member of a religious order of men
    （某修道的）男教友
    a Benedictine brother.
    一位本笃会的教友。
    ■a member of a fundamentalist Protestant denomination
    信奉基要主义的新教原教学教派的教徒
    the Plymouth Brethren.
    普利茅斯兄弟会。
exclamation
  1. used to express annoyance or surprise
    老兄（用来表示恼怒或惊讶）
常用词组
brothers in arms
  1. soldiers fighting together on the same side
    战友
派生
brotherliness
noun
brotherly
adjective
语源
  1. Old English brōthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broeder and German Bruder, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin frater
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