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brothers 音标拼音: [br'ʌðɚz] n. 兄弟的 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]
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