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brother n.兄弟；教友；同胞；<俚>老兄 (1) 率领主队的是我的兄弟。(2) 别对你兄弟这么刻薄。(3) 我总分不清他和他的孪生兄弟。(4) 教友每周四举行一次祷告会。(5) 摩西在回到埃及的途中遇见了他的哥哥亚伦，也听到他受压迫的同胞们的诉求。

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英 ['brʌðə(r)] 美 ['brʌðər] (1) The man who captained the home team is my brother.(2) Don't be so unkind to your brother.(3) I always confounded him with his twin brother.(4) The Brethren hold a prayer meeting every Thursday.(5) Moses was met on his arrival in Egypt by his elder brother, Aaron, and gained a hearing with his oppressed brethren. The old-fashioned form brethren is still sometimes used as the plural for meanings 2 and 3. brethren为旧时写法，有时仍用作义项2和3的复数。1[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:half-brother；stepbrother；（同父母的）兄，弟 Your brother is a boy or a man who has the same parents as you.   [oft poss N]Oh, so you're Peter's younger brother...哦，那么你是彼得的弟弟。Have you got any brothers and sisters?你有兄弟姐妹吗？2[N-COUNT 可数名词]兄弟；同胞；教友；国人；同行；同志 You can describe a man as your brother if he belongs to the same race, religion, country, profession, or trade union as you, or if he has similar ideas to you.   [usu poss N]He told reporters he'd come to be with his Latvian brothers.他告诉记者他是来支持拉脱维亚同胞的。...the Cardinal and his brother bishops.红衣主教和他的主教们3[N-TITLE； N-COUNT； N-VOC头衔名词；可数名词；称呼名词]教徒，修士，僧侣（用于头衔） Brother is a title given to a man who belongs to a religious community such as a monastery. ...Brother Otto.奥托修士...the Christian Brothers community which owns the castle.拥有这座城堡的公教弟兄会4[N-IN-NAMES 名称名词]（用于某些公司或商店的名称中） Brothers is used in the names of some companies and shops. ...the film company Warner Brothers...华纳兄弟电影公司I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt.我去布鲁克斯兄弟专卖店给自己买了一件体面的衬衫。Usage Note :Note that there is no common English word that can refer to both a brother and a sister. You simply have to use both words. She has 13 brothers and sisters. The word sibling can be used, but it is very formal.注意英语常用词汇中没有一个同时表示“兄弟姐妹”的词，要表示这一概念，只能brother和sister两个词一起用：She has 13 brothers and sisters（她有13个兄弟姐妹）。用sibling这个词可以表示此意，但非常正式。

英语单词	brother
英美音标	英 ['brʌðə(r)] 美 ['brʌðər]
中文释义	n.兄弟；教友；同胞；<俚>老兄
英语例句	(1) The man who captained the home team is my brother. (2) Don't be so unkind to your brother. (3) I always confounded him with his twin brother. (4) The Brethren hold a prayer meeting every Thursday. (5) Moses was met on his arrival in Egypt by his elder brother, Aaron, and gained a hearing with his oppressed brethren.
中文例句	(1) 率领主队的是我的兄弟。 (2) 别对你兄弟这么刻薄。 (3) 我总分不清他和他的孪生兄弟。 (4) 教友每周四举行一次祷告会。 (5) 摩西在回到埃及的途中遇见了他的哥哥亚伦，也听到他受压迫的同胞们的诉求。
柯林斯解释	The old-fashioned form brethren is still sometimes used as the plural for meanings 2 and 3. brethren为旧时写法，有时仍用作义项2和3的复数。 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:half-brother ；stepbrother ；（同父母的）兄，弟 Your brother is a boy or a man who has the same parents as you. [oft poss N] Oh, so you're Peter's younger brother... 哦，那么你是彼得的弟弟。 Have you got any brothers and sisters? 你有兄弟姐妹吗？ 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]兄弟；同胞；教友；国人；同行；同志 You can describe a man as your brother if he belongs to the same race, religion, country, profession, or trade union as you, or if he has similar ideas to you. [usu poss N] He told reporters he'd come to be with his Latvian brothers. 他告诉记者他是来支持拉脱维亚同胞的。 ...the Cardinal and his brother bishops. 红衣主教和他的主教们 3 [N-TITLE； N-COUNT； N-VOC 头衔名词；可数名词；称呼名词 ]教徒，修士，僧侣（用于头衔） Brother is a title given to a man who belongs to a religious community such as a monastery. ...Brother Otto. 奥托修士 ...the Christian Brothers community which owns the castle. 拥有这座城堡的公教弟兄会 4 [N-IN-NAMES 名称名词]（用于某些公司或商店的名称中） Brothers is used in the names of some companies and shops. ...the film company Warner Brothers... 华纳兄弟电影公司 I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt. 我去布鲁克斯兄弟专卖店给自己买了一件体面的衬衫。 Usage Note : Note that there is no common English word that can refer to both a brother and a sister. You simply have to use both words. She has 13 brothers and sisters. The word sibling can be used, but it is very formal. 注意英语常用词汇中没有一个同时表示“兄弟姐妹”的词，要表示这一概念，只能brother和sister两个词一起用：She has 13 brothers and sisters（她有13个兄弟姐妹）。用sibling这个词可以表示此意，但非常正式。

Brother Man I Brethren N Count 可数名词 Poss N