stepmother
英 ['stepm?e?]
美['st?pm?e?]
- n. 繼母，后母
CET6+低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?stepmothers;
英文詞源
- stepmother (n.)
- also step-mother, Old English steopmodor; see step- + mother (n.1). Associated with parsimony and cruelty at least since Middle English.
Is Moder was ded, his fader nam an otur wijf. ... seint Edward heo louede luyte, for stepmoder is selde guod. ["South English Legendary," c. 1300]
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate.
- 我父親死后，我的繼母一下就垮了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. My stepmother was in her element, organizing everything.
- 我的繼母得心應(yīng)手地料理著一切。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother.
- 她擔(dān)心她繼承的遺產(chǎn)會(huì)被繼母奪走。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. When she married Tom, she became stepmother to his child.
- 她和湯姆結(jié)婚后, 她成了他的孩子的繼母.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. She harboured resentment against her stepmother.
- 她對(duì)繼母懷有怨恨.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》