“brother、german”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

brother-german

释义

brother-german|ˌbrʌðəˈdʒɜːmən|
Pl. brothers-german (formerly brethren-).
[f. brother n. + german.]
A brother through both parents; a ‘whole’ brother.
Early writers also used it as = ‘brother on the mother's side, brother-uterine’; it has been proposed in modern times to restrict it to ‘brother on the father's side’.
1340Ayenb. 146 Broþer germayn of uader and of moder.c1450Merlin viii. 122 Thei be men of high lynage, and be bretheren germain.1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxv. 230 Karoll the grete kyng of fraunce was broder germayn of Quene Isabell kynge Edwardes moder.1530Palsgr. 201/2 Brother germayne, frere germain.1751Chambers Cycl. s.v. German, Brother German denotes a brother both by the father's and mother's side.1882A. Macfarlane Consanguinity 8, I use the term brother-german, to denote brother on the father's side.

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