brother 音标拼音: [br'ʌðɚ]
n . 兄弟
兄弟
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brother n 1 :
a male with the same parents as someone else ; "
my brother still lives with our parents " [
synonym : {
brother }, {
blood brother }] [
ant : {
sis }, {
sister }]
2 :
a male person who is a fellow member (
of a fraternity or religion or other group ); "
none of his brothers would betray him "
3 :
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [
synonym : {
buddy }, {
brother }, {
chum }, {
crony }, {
pal },
{
sidekick }]
4 :
used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement ; "
Greetings ,
comrade !" [
synonym : {
brother },
{
comrade }]
5 : (
Roman Catholic Church )
a title given to a monk and used as form of address ; "
a Benedictine Brother "
Brother \
Broth "
er \ (
br [
u ^][
th ]"[~
e ]
r ),
n .;
pl . {
Brothers }
(
br [
u ^][
th ]"[~
e ]
rz )
or {
Brethren } (
br [
e ^][
th ]"
r [
e ^]
n ).
See {
Brethren }. [
OE .
brother ,
AS .
br [=
o ][
eth ]
or ;
akin to OS .
brothar ,
D .
broeder ,
OHG .
pruodar ,
G .
bruder ,
Icel .
br [=
o ][
eth ]
ir ,
Sw . &
Dan .
broder ,
Goth .
br [=
o ][
thorn ]
ar ,
Ir .
brathair ,
W .
brawd ,
pl .
brodyr ,
Lith .
brolis ,
Lett .
brahlis ,
Russ .
brat ',
Pol . &
Serv .
brat ,
OSlav .
bratr [
u ^],
L .
frater ,
Skr .
bhr [=
a ]
t [.
r ],
Zend bratar brother ,
Gr .
fra `
thr ,
fra `
twr ,
a clansman .
The common plural is {
Brothers };
in the solemn style , {
Brethren },
OE .
pl .
brether ,
bretheren ,
AS .
dative sing .
br [=
e ][
eth ]
er ,
nom .
pl .
br [=
o ][
eth ]
or ,
br [=
o ][
eth ]
ru .
[
root ]
258 .
Cf . {
Friar }, {
Fraternal }.]
1 .
A male person who has the same father and mother with another person ,
or who has one of them only .
In the latter case he is more definitely called a {
half brother },
or {
brother of the half blood }.
Note :
A brother having the same mother but different fathers is called a {
uterine brother },
and one having the same father but a different mother is called an {
agnate brother },
or in (
Law )
a {
consanguine brother }.
A brother having the same father and mother is called a {
brother -
german }
or {
full brother }.
The same modifying terms are applied to {
sister }
or {
sibling }.
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Two of us in the churchyard lie ,
My sister and my brother . --
Wordsworth .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest ,
as of rank ,
profession ,
membership in a society ,
toil ,
suffering ,
etc .; --
used among judges ,
clergymen ,
monks ,
physicians ,
lawyers ,
professors of religion ,
etc . "
A brother of your order ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
We few ,
we happy few ,
we band of brothers ,
For he to -
day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
One who ,
or that which ,
resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character .
[
1913 Webster ]
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster . --
Prov .
xviii .
9 .
[
1913 Webster ]
That April morn Of this the very brother . --
Wordsworth .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In Scripture ,
the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents ,
as in the case of Abraham and Lot ,
Jacob and Laban .
In a more general sense ,
brother or brethren is used for fellow -
man or fellow -
men .
[
1913 Webster ]
For of whom such massacre Make they but of their brethren ,
men of men ?
--
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Brother Jonathan },
a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively .
The phrase is said to have originated from Washington '
s referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull ,
governor of Connecticut ,
as "
Brother Jonathan ."
{
Blood brother }.
See under {
Blood }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Brother \
Broth "
er \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Brothered }.]
To make a brother of ;
to call or treat as a brother ;
to admit to a brotherhood . --
Sir W .
Scott .
[
1913 Webster ]
198 Moby Thesaurus words for "
brother ":
Greek ,
abbacomes ,
abbot ,
acquaintance ,
adjunct ,
advocate ,
affiliate ,
ally ,
alter ego ,
analogon ,
analogue ,
ascetic ,
associate ,
aunt ,
auntie ,
backer ,
beadsman ,
bedfellow ,
belonger ,
best friend ,
blood brother ,
bosom friend ,
brethren ,
brother -
in -
arms ,
bub ,
bubba ,
bud ,
buddy ,
caloyer ,
card -
carrier ,
card -
carrying member ,
cardholder ,
casual acquaintance ,
catechumen ,
celibate ,
cenobite ,
charter member ,
chum ,
church member ,
churchman ,
churchwoman ,
close acquaintance ,
close copy ,
close friend ,
close match ,
clubber ,
clubman ,
clubwoman ,
coadjutor ,
cognate ,
cohort ,
colleague ,
committeeman ,
communicant ,
companion ,
compatriot ,
compeer ,
complement ,
comrade ,
confederate ,
confidant ,
confidante ,
confrere ,
congenator ,
congener ,
consociate ,
consort ,
conventioneer ,
conventioner ,
conventionist ,
conventual ,
conventual prior ,
coordinate ,
correlate ,
correlative ,
correspondent ,
counterpart ,
country cousin ,
cousin ,
cousin once removed ,
cousin twice removed ,
crony ,
daughter ,
dues -
paying member ,
enlistee ,
enrollee ,
equivalent ,
familiar ,
father ,
favorer ,
fellow ,
fellow creature ,
fellow member ,
fellowman ,
first cousin ,
foster brother ,
frater ,
fraternity man ,
friar ,
friend ,
grand prior ,
grandnephew ,
grandniece ,
granduncle ,
great -
aunt ,
great -
uncle ,
guildsman ,
half brother ,
hermit ,
hieromonach ,
honorary member ,
image ,
initiate ,
inseparable friend ,
insider ,
intimate ,
joiner ,
kid brother ,
kin ,
kindred spirit ,
kinsman ,
laic ,
lay abbot ,
lay brother ,
lay sister ,
layman ,
laywoman ,
life member ,
like ,
likeness ,
lover ,
mate ,
member ,
mendicant ,
monastic ,
monk ,
mother ,
near duplicate ,
neighbor ,
nephew ,
niece ,
nuncle ,
nunks ,
nunky ,
obverse ,
one of us ,
other self ,
pal ,
palmer ,
parallel ,
parishioner ,
partisan ,
pendant ,
pickup ,
picture ,
pilgrim ,
pillar saint ,
pillarist ,
pledge ,
prior ,
reciprocal ,
relation ,
relative ,
religieux ,
religious ,
repository ,
second cousin ,
second self ,
secular ,
sibling ,
similitude ,
simulacrum ,
sis ,
sissy ,
sister ,
sister -
german ,
sistern ,
socius ,
son ,
sorority girl ,
sorority woman ,
soul mate ,
stepbrother ,
stepsister ,
stylite ,
such ,
suchlike ,
supporter ,
sympathizer ,
tally ,
the like of ,
the likes of ,
twin ,
unc ,
uncle ,
uncs ,
uterine brother ,
well -
wisher Brother (
1 .)
In the natural and common sense (
Matt .
1 :
2 ;
Luke 3 :
1 ,
19 ).
(
2 .)
A near relation ,
a cousin (
Gen .
13 :
8 ;
14 :
16 ;
Matt .
12 :
46 ;
John 7 :
3 ;
Acts 1 :
14 ;
Gal .
1 :
19 ).
(
3 .)
Simply a fellow -
countryman (
Matt .
5 :
47 ;
Acts 3 :
22 ;
Heb .
7 :
5 ).
(
4 .)
A disciple or follower (
Matt .
25 :
40 ;
Heb .
2 :
11 ,
12 ).
(
5 .)
One of the same faith (
Amos 1 :
9 ;
Acts 9 :
30 ;
11 :
29 ;
1 Cor .
5 :
11 );
whence the early disciples of our Lord were known to each other as brethren .
(
6 .)
A colleague in office (
Ezra 3 :
2 ;
1 Cor .
1 :
1 ;
2 Cor .
1 :
1 ).
(
7 .)
A fellow -
man (
Gen .
9 :
5 ;
19 :
7 ;
Matt .
5 :
22 ,
23 ,
24 ;
7 :
5 ;
Heb .
2 :
17 ).
(
8 .)
One beloved or closely united with another in affection (
2 Sam .
1 :
26 ;
Acts 6 :
3 ;
1 Thess .
5 :
1 ).
Brethren of Jesus (
Matt .
1 :
25 ;
12 :
46 ,
50 :
Mark 3 :
31 ,
32 ;
Gal .
1 :
19 ;
1 Cor .
9 :
5 ,
etc .)
were probably the younger children of Joseph and Mary .
Some have supposed that they may have been the children of Joseph by a former marriage ,
and others that they were the children of Mary ,
the Virgin '
s sister ,
and wife of Cleophas .
The first interpretation ,
however ,
is the most natural .
BROTHER ,
domest .
relat .
He who is born from the same father and mother with another ,
or from one of them only .
2 .
Brothers are of the whole blood ,
when they are born of the same father and mother ,
and of the half blood ,
when they are the issue of one of them only .
3 .
In the civil law ,
when they are the children of the same father and mother ,
they are called brothers germain ;
when they descend from the same father ,
but not the same mother ,
they are consanguine brothers ;
when they are the issue of the same mother ,
but not the same father ,
they are uterine brothers .
A half brother ,
is one who is born of the same father or mother ,
but not of both .
One born of the same parents before they were married ,
a left -
sided brother ;
and a bastard born of the same father or mother ,
is called a natural brother .
Vide Blood ;
Half -
blood ;
Line ;
and Merl .
Repert .
mot Frere ;
Dict .
de Jurisp .
mot Frere ;
Code ,
3 ,
28 ,
27 Nov .
84 ,
praef ;
Dane '
s Ab .
Index ,
h .
t .
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